Alcohol abuse can cause massive cell death in the brain, and lead to irreversible cognitive deficits. Alcohol starves the brain of oxygen, and each session of intoxication results in the deaths of tens of thousands of brain cells. Experienced blackouts occur as a result of this diminished oxygen to certain areas of the brain. Additionally, alcohol abuse can create continual confusion, generally decreased cognitive and reasoning capacity, memory loss and emotional changes such as mood swings, anxiety and depression.
The lack of vitamin consumption that often occurs concurrently with alcoholism can lead to additional brain damage, and the cognitive and language disease Korsikoffs syndrome occurs as a result of a vitamin deficiency. New research also indicates that chronic alcohol abuse can provoke senile dementia in patients as young as 40 years of age.
Alcohol destroys brain cells, eliminates memories, and reduces cognitive capacity. Alcohol abuse makes us emotionally unstable and decreases our intelligence.
page last update Aug 05, 2010
