are you actually more stimulated from alcohol or the opposite?

Are you offering anything :-P ?

As Ben Franklin said: In wine there is wisdom,
in beer there is freedom,
in water there is bacteria.

I Love wine ..

Remember:
Water = Poop,
Wine = Health.
Therefore, it's better to drink wine and talk stupid,
than to drink water and be full of shit.

Alcohol - it's both. One it is a sedative, depressant but affects the area of the brain that inhibits a lot in oneself. Thus, I think there is a counterbalance effect in it's affects