Researchers have absolutely no idea. You might be better off asking behind the bar.
A hiccup is an involuntary contraction or spasm of your diaphragm. Your diaphragm is your muscle that pumps your lungs so you can breathe. And hiccups can happen to anyone — babies even hiccup in the womb.
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The scientists have unlocked many of the secrets and mysteries of the universe — from the Big Bang to splitting the atom to curing polio. But for some reason, they still don’t know why we get hiccups.
What they have managed to figure out is that certain foods, drinks, and stimuli are likely triggers. Alcohol is definitely one of these triggers. They haven’t had to do many studies to prove this. People throughout history who drink have proved it for them.
Drinking while partying can distend your stomach
There are a couple of theories about why alcohol in particular is a trigger. Carbonated drinks (like beer) distend your stomach, which makes hiccups more likely. A distended stomach puts pressure on your diaphragm. This may lead to hiccups.
It may also be because of how we drink booze. Often, when we’re drinking, we’re chatting, dancing, and (if we’re lucky) doing some tongue-waggling with a sexy stranger (just pleasant conversation, get your mind out of the gutter).
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(That was pre-2020. Now we’re just enjoying a tipple with Aunt Marge over Zoom.)
Glugging our way through these activities can lead to a lot of swallowed air. This can also distend your stomach.
Alcohol irritates your digestive system
An alcohol-specific cause of hiccups (because teetotal people also like dancing and kissing, and soda can give you hiccups, too) is the effect of alcohol on your digestive system.
Alcohol is a proven gut irritant. As much as your brain likes getting smashed occasionally, your guts very much do not.
While there’s not much direct research on the topic, an old 1984 research review suggested that alcohol and your guts generally don’t mix well. Even though the research isn’t recent, alcohol hasn’t got any better for your digestive system over time.
Research shows that alcohol is a key factor in gastrointestinal cancers and other digestive conditions. This may have nothing to do with hiccups. But it does at least show that drinking makes unwanted stuff happen in your belly regions.
Rising gas from an angry stomach could cause hiccups. But there currently isn’t any research to prove this conclusively.
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Nobody knows. Science still isn’t even really clear on what causes nondrunk hiccups.
It’s likely that there’s probably no single way that alcohol causes hiccups. If they happen due to the gas from beer, you may be doomed to *hic* from the moment it hits your stomach.
If your hiccups are the result of a GI reaction, they could come after the sesh, when the booze has had time to settle in and react with your gut juice. “A gut juice cocktail, please. Shaken, not stirred…”
Your level of inebriation may have no bearing on if (or when) you get hiccups. But there’s just as much a chance that alcohol could trigger a neurological reaction in your brain that results in hiccups.
There’s just not enough research out there yet to draw conclusions (and many of the studies are mighty old).
People have reported getting hiccups when drunk on everything from martinis to moonshine. But certain types of booze are notorious hiccup generators.
If you’re dead set on avoiding drunk hiccups, stay away from these drinks:
- Beer. Beer is the worst for hiccups. We wish there was literally any research we could show you to prove this. But it’s fairly common knowledge that beer and hiccups are frequent drinking buddies.
- Carbonated/fizzy beverages. The gas in carbonated drinks give you hiccups, probably because the fizzy gas distends your stomach. Stick to soft, noncarbonated drinks if you’re hell-bent on not hiccuping.
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