I Wasn't A Big Fan Of Energy Drinks In The First Place

Now there's some new research that says mixing booze and those high caffeine energy drinks is even worse than drinking booze alone.

We'll duh.  A new study published in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research provide some interesting insights into why. Cecile Marczinski, a psychologist at Northern Kentucky University, found that combining energy drinks such as Red Bull with vodka or other liquors effectively removes any built-in checks your body has for overindulging.

When you drink alcohol by itself, it initially induces a feeling of happiness — a comfortable buzz. But when you overindulge, your body knows it, and it starts to shut down; you start feeling tired, sleepy and more sedated than stimulated. "That's your cue to go home to bed," says Marczinski. 

But in her drinking study, for which she (easily) recruited participants, she found that people downing the combination of alcohol and energy drinks lost this natural control.

In summation: those energy drinks and booze make Adam go crazy.  Check.  I'll stick with my beer anyway.