Alcohol Myopia

Alcohol myopia is a cognitive-physiological theory that explains many of alcohol's social and stress-reducing effects, which may underlie its capacity to become addictive, as a consequence of alcohol narrowing perceptual and cognitive functioning rather than simply lowering inhibitions. Under this model, alcohol causes a drinker to pay more attention to the most salient cues in their immediate environment and less attention to less salient ones, so an intoxicated person responds almost entirely to what is directly in front of them. This narrowed, or myopic, focus limits the ability to weigh the future consequences of an action or to regulate an impulsive reaction. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/