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Sunday, March 22, 2009

Why is it that when I drink alcohol, my voice gets lower as though I

My voice tends to get a bit higher throughout the day as I talk or sing, but drinking resets it to its morning low pitch. I don't think it's just dehydration, as I tend to drink a ton of water along with the alcohol and my voice doesn't get scratchy or anything.



Alcohol relaxes your muscles, including those in your throat.


This often leads to sleep apnea or snoring. This is what changes your larynx for a few hours.




I think that one factor is that alcohol tends to be consumed in group settings where the noise level is higher, and intoxication tends to make people talk louder anyhow. And booze and and cigarette smoke seem to go hand-in-hand.





So I suspect that folks that are drinking are stressing their voices with environmental factors like smoke and by talking more loudly.




drinking also makes people think they can sing .




why does it matter?

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