This is an interesting issue. One of the things that I've been playing with lately is whether it is possible to get a similar state change without alcohol. Tony Robbins talks about this somewhat on his CDs (Personal Power I think). After all, that's the main benefit of alcohol for most people...to feel more social, relaxed, fill in the blank...
My early research and experimentation makes it seem to me like there is a lot that can be done to get state change similar to alcohol but that it is a lot of work and at first will seem very minor. In my case I do a visualization/anchoring exercise that helps change my physiology. I'm still in the opening innings of doing this but I'm pretty optimistic about it. My goal is to replicate that unstoppable/disinhibited/top of the world feeling that I've had in the past after some drinks with no alcohol or prehaps only a drink or two. I'll keep ya posted!
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