Alcohol and Your Brain
Alcohol abuse can lead to severe and potentially permanent brain damage, including Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (WKS), which is marked by amnesia, extreme confusion, and eyesight issues.1
Cognitive effects of alcohol use may include memory loss, problems with learning, dementia, and severely hindered mental functioning in most severe cases.0
Alcohol is a neurotoxin that can disrupt communications of the brain and affect the functions of brain cells, leading to intellectual impairment, headaches, memory loss, slowed thinking, slurred speech, trouble with balance and coordination, seizures, and dementia.2
Seeking alcohol addiction treatment is the first step in preventing or reducing the negative effects of alcohol on the brain.0