Impulse v. Instinct

Is there a difference between instinct and impulse?

Initially I thought no there is no difference because the way you can recognize them both is by looking at the feeling you receive at the instant you are doing something. But they are very different. The Impulse is led from instant gratification and pushes you to do what will be productive short term. There is no long term happiness with following impulsive decisions.

Instinct is way deeper than the impulse though they are very closely related. Instinct is very powerful and can ward off great danger. The problem with this is the short term thinking can’t always agree with the fast impulse. Understanding why is not the goal of your instinct. Its goal is to get you to feel the right decision. This happens through the effect of you stomach possibly getting butterflies or slight headache or just the lack of control of your body. Why is not your primary objective because it takes to long for you to understand?

The Goal of the impulse is to give you a “what to do” and “why you should do it.” Always easy to figure out. The instinct can give you a “what to do” but not a why. The problem of the instinct is it cant defend against the quick witted impulse. It may take hours or even days. This is why the instinct sends out these deeper signals because it can convince you body before it convinces your mind

Drinking diminishes the instinct which forces impulse to take over.

This explains everything I’ve done wrong in my life