Ever wonder why after drinking more than you could handle, talking incoherently, puking all over your friend’s carseats, and then crashing to the floor you never recall any of it the next day?

Research at the University of Sussex has found that alcohol influences the brain’s ability to form memories, making memories before a drink stronger and memories of things that happen while under the influence weaker.

That means that while you may remember the happy parts of the evening such as eyeing your women friends and joking with the guys, you’re unlikely to recall the negative effects of alcohol from later that night.

Of course that in turn means you can binge drink again the next day. Nature is kind.