Alcohol blackouts are a troubling and often misunderstood consequence of excessive drinking. A blackout occurs when alcohol impairs the brain’s ability to form new memories, leading to periods of amnesia during which a person may engage in activities they cannot recall later. These memory lapses can last for minutes or even hours, depending on the...Read More
Alcohol-related dementia, often referred to as Wet Brain Disease, is a serious condition that can arise from prolonged and excessive alcohol consumption. This form of dementia is characterized by significant cognitive and neurological impairments, often resulting from damage to the brain caused by alcohol’s toxic effects and associated nutritional deficiencies. Understanding this condition is crucial,...Read More
Binge drinking is a pattern of consuming an excessive amount of alcohol over a short period, often defined as consuming enough alcohol to bring blood alcohol concentration (BAC) to 0.08% or higher. For most adults, this typically means drinking five or more alcoholic beverages in about two hours for men, or four or more for...Read More
A Puzzling Scenario Have you ever wondered why so many individuals under the influence of alcohol choose to get behind the wheel even though they are obviously impaired? In a study funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, researchers investigated that puzzling scenario. To better understand the impact of alcohol tolerance among...Read More
Long-term drug or alcohol addiction has a devastating effect on the user’s physical and mental health. The permanent effects of these substances can slowly destroy a healthy person’s vital body functions and systems, resulting in disability or death. The BrainAlthough each type of drug affects the body differently, they all change the brain’s chemistry. The chemicals...Read More
Many people have heard or experienced that having too much to drink can cause blurry or double vision. This is one example of a physical consequence of alcohol use on vision, but alcohol abuse affects your eyes in a number of other ways as well. How Excessive Alcohol Consumption Causes Double Vision You have probably...Read More
Alcohol addiction, also known as alcoholism or alcohol use disorder (AUD), is a serious and often misunderstood condition that affects approximately 28.9 million people in the United States. Despite the prevalence of this disease, there are still many myths and misconceptions surrounding alcohol addiction. Below are eight of these myths. By separating fact from fiction, we...Read More
Perhaps you have a prescription medication for pain, and after you take a pill you decide to have a drink or two of your favorite alcoholic beverage. Or maybe you are out with friends having a few drinks and one of them gives you a painkiller to take to increase the euphoric feeling you are...Read More
An alcohol-induced blackout, commonly known as blacking out, happens when a person drinks too much alcohol. Unfortunately, this type of alcohol-induced amnesia is not an uncommon occurrence among drinkers. Alcohol-induced blackouts are dangerous and can cause the person to engage in risky or criminal activities without being able to remember anything the next day. What...Read More
Drinking an excessive amount of alcohol harms every organ in the human body, including the eyes. Although many people are aware of the damage excessive drinking or addiction has on some bodily organs, few are aware of the damaging effects it can have on vision. It can even lead to blindness. What Are Alcoholic Eyes?...Read More
