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[Punch-Out!!] how does soda poppinsky get drunk off of soda?

so i know that the soda is meant to be a stand-in for alcohol but in-universe, its just soda. and yet poppinsky seems to have all the "symptoms" of being drunk despite only drinking soda, not alcohol.
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It’s actually a tragic story - Poppinsky as a type 2 diabetic.  The sugar spike he gets from drinking soda causes blurry vision, disorientation, and worse, makes him even thirstier, leading to drinking *more* soda.

Yeah, little Mac is using a man’s disability against him.  Pretty sad.