I find the idea that people don’t like being intoxicated suspicious. Experiencing euphoria from intoxication has a lot do with with brain chemistry, and it would be very odd if some humans recieved this effect and others did not.
Another n=1: I like the way intoxication feels when I’m intoxicated, but over last couple of months I’ve gone from wanting to enter that state often to avoiding all alcohol on purpose. What changed was realizing on an emotional level that I have tons of interesting (or necessary) things to do and alcohol limits that by taking away evening (to drink) and the next day (I feel cognitively worse ’till next afternoon, even if I didn’t have a hangover). At some point the prospect of drinking became anxiety-inducing for me.
Another n=1: I like the way intoxication feels when I’m intoxicated, but over last couple of months I’ve gone from wanting to enter that state often to avoiding all alcohol on purpose. What changed was realizing on an emotional level that I have tons of interesting (or necessary) things to do and alcohol limits that by taking away evening (to drink) and the next day (I feel cognitively worse ’till next afternoon, even if I didn’t have a hangover). At some point the prospect of drinking became anxiety-inducing for me.