Can you become drunk without drinking alcohol? Here’s how it could happen

While some people might have experienced the feeling of "being drunk" the morning after they consumed excessive amounts of alcohol, is it possible to feel intoxicated without ever drinking an alcoholic beverage?

Although it’s extremely rare, experts say it can happen.

The phenomenon is called auto-brewery syndrome, or ABS, according to Dr. Douglas Dieterich, M.D., director of the Institute for Liver Medicine at the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City.  

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