How does alcohol affect your brain?

In other words, cognitive problems no longer arise from drinking alcohol but from brain damage that prior drinking caused. In short, long-term alcohol abuse can negatively impact the brain’s “hard wiring”such that even when drinking ends, the cognitive problems persist. read more

Learn how heavy drinking can cause health problems, make some health problems worse, and affect safety. Alcohol may act differently in older people. Learn how heavy drinking can cause health problems, make some health problems worse, and affect safety. read more

On the other hand, a person who drinks heavily over a long period of time may have brain deficits that persist well after he or she achieves sobriety. Exactly how alcohol affects the brain and the likelihood of reversing the impact of heavy drinking on the brain remain hot topics in alcohol research today. read more

People who have been drinking large amounts of alcohol for long periods of time run the risk of developing serious and persistent changes in the brain. Damage may be a result of the direct effects of alcohol on the brain or may result indirectly, from a poor general health status or from severe liver disease. read more