Dutch courage

[3] Alcohol use among college students is often used as "liquid courage" in the hookup culture, for them to make a sexual advance in the first place.

[5][6][7] Alcohol has a long association of military use, and has been called "liquid courage" for its role in preparing troops for battle.

Military and veteran populations face significant challenges in addressing the co-occurrence of PTSD and alcohol use disorder.

One version states that jenever (or Dutch gin) was used by English soldiers for its calming effects before battle, and for its purported warming properties on the body in cold weather.

[12] Alcohol has a long association of military use, and has been called "liquid courage" for its role in preparing troops for battle.

At first, high-ranking officials encouraged its use as a means of relaxation and a crude method of mitigating the psychological effects of combat, in the latter case through what later scientific developments would describe as blocking the consolidation of traumatic memories.

After the Fall of France, however, Wehrmacht commanders observed that their soldiers' behavior was deteriorating, with "fights, accidents, mistreatment of subordinates, violence against superior officers and "crimes involving unnatural sexual acts" becoming more frequent.

[17] The Commander-in-Chief of the German military, General Walther von Brauchitsch, concluded that his troops were committing "most serious infractions" of morality and discipline, and that the culprit was alcohol abuse.

Pool party at Ibiza Rocks hotel
A British soldier drinks a pint of beer on returning from a deployment to Afghanistan .
Two hip flasks , located in the left-center, are featured in the military equipment used as emergency sustenance by the Luftwaffe , which was the air force of Nazi Germany during World War II.