How Would You Say Alcohol Helps You Appreciate The World Around You?

So, the real reason for my question is that I found this one dude's brilliant essay a while back about how alcohol makes you slow down and appreciate the subtle intricacies of life that you might otherwise fly right past (alcohol, in a reasonable degree of moderation, I mean). And I absolutely cannot find it, but I know, my good countrymen, I can't get just as good a summation of the unique perspective alcohol can provide from my dear friends the Yahoo! Answers! community.