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It's very interesting how impactful alcohol is on the brain. I just finished Raise The Bottom, a book that discusses how alcoholism impacts the workplace . . .not just the performance of the individual, but how their behavior affects others. But, no matter which way you slice it - the impact is negative.
Anyway - if you're an organizational leader, it's important to understand how alcohol affects not just the individual's brain and performance, but the organization as a whole.

It's very interesting how impactful alcohol is on the brain. I just finished Raise The Bottom, a book that discusses how alcoholism impacts the workplace . . .not just the performance of the individual, but how their behavior affects others. But, no matter which way you slice it - the impact is negative.
Anyway - if you're an organizational leader, it's important to understand how alcohol affects not just the individual's brain and performance, but the organization as a whole.

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Dr. Tapert,
Thank you for your post and your research. I am particularly interested in how alcohol affects adolescent brains. Can you direct me to some references?
Thank you.
Jann Gumbiner

Dr. Tapert,

As I read the news articles on your recent research, I had a question. Did the subjects have healthy brains before beginning the binge drinking? Could some of the brain damage been caused by prenatal exposure to alcohol rather than the binge drinking. There is evidence of predisposition to drinking due to prenatal exposure to alcohol. Prenatal exposure to alcohol causes damage to the white brain cells also.

Thank you

Jody Allen Crowe
Executive Director
Healthy Brains for Children

Thank you for your well-reasoned question. In this study, we ruled out participants who had any suggestion of prenatal alcohol or drug exposure, or other forms of cognitive disadvantage (psychiatric disorder, learning disability, neurological problem, premature birth).

This was a very interesting blog that made excellent usage of hardened scientificly backed findings to prove the negative symptoms of alcohol abuse in relation to brain and cognitive impairment. As an alcoholic in recovery I have long understood that excessive alcohol consumption shows lingering signs of stagnant and inhibited mental functions after the body has metabolized the toxic substance.

There was a time not to long ago that I would frequently take part in overconsumption of alcohol or most popularly known on college campuses as binge drinking that would lead to days of post binge poor mental functioning. I would often find myself rereading material, staining to retain lectures, and delayed mental recall of previously mastered as well as previously tested information.

I've been on the sober wagon for less than a year and I've noticed a remarkable increase in my mental capacities. Meanwhile I have not been able to keep myself from noticing the toll that heavy drinking has taken on many of freinds and/or familiar academic collegues. Some were remarkably sharp and able to pick up on new information then retain and use it with relative ease throughout highschool and early on in college. However the negative affects of excessive alcohol use has noticably deminished their once remarkably functioning brains.

I look forward to reading more of what you have to say about the effects of alcohol on mental functioning as well as basic neurological anatomical changes that result from such alcohol practices. Thanks Dr. Tapert.

Alcohol definitely has a bad impact on the brain of the abuser, I know this better than anyone. My father was a regular drinker ever since he was 16 years old and I can't tell you how that affected my childhood... Anyways he attended a rehab for men two years ago and he never drinks now, I just wish he would have done this earlier.