diff --git a/code/datums/traits/neutral.dm b/code/datums/traits/neutral.dm
index 83ae3dd784..0ae8d5914f 100644
--- a/code/datums/traits/neutral.dm
+++ b/code/datums/traits/neutral.dm
@@ -153,12 +153,10 @@
 
 /datum/quirk/alcohol_intolerance
 	name = "Alcohol Intolerance"
-	desc = "Your body just can't handle alcohol at all. You don't get drunk faster, you just vomit it right back up as soon as you taste any."
+	desc = "You take toxin damage from alcohol rather than getting drunk."
 	value = 0
 	mob_trait = TRAIT_NO_ALCOHOL
-	gain_text = "<span class='danger'>Just smelling alcohol makes you feel a little sick.</span>"
-	lose_text = "<span class='notice'>You no longer feel like vomiting just from the thought of alcohol.</span>"
-	medical_record_text = "Patient's body violently rejects ethyl alcohol."
+	medical_record_text = "Patient's body does not react properly to ethyl alcohol."
 
 /datum/quirk/alcohol_intolerance/add()
 	var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = quirk_holder
diff --git a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents/alcohol_reagents.dm b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents/alcohol_reagents.dm
index 7a77ffd180..077ab1fb7a 100644
--- a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents/alcohol_reagents.dm
+++ b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents/alcohol_reagents.dm
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ All effects don't start immediately, but rather get worse over time; the rate is
 */
 
 /datum/reagent/consumable/ethanol/on_mob_life(mob/living/carbon/C)
-	if(HAS_TRAIT(L, TRAIT_NO_ALCOHOL))
+	if(HAS_TRAIT(C, TRAIT_NO_ALCOHOL))
 		C.adjustToxLoss((boozepwr/25)*REM,forced = TRUE)
 	else if(C.drunkenness < volume * boozepwr * ALCOHOL_THRESHOLD_MODIFIER)
 		var/booze_power = boozepwr