Does Alcohol Cause Memory Loss?
“Hi! I’m Dr. David Thomas. I’m a practicing psychotherapist with the Whitford Thomas Group in Tampa, Florida. Here to discuss, does alcohol cause memory loss? Alcohol use, if we look at alcohol use, let’s look at on the continuum. We have use, misuse, abuse and dependency. I think most experts would agree that certainly if we’re talking about individuals with 21 years or older, the use or misuse of alcohol on occasion probably produces very few or if any negative consequences. It’s when we are looking at alcohol use and the abuse or dependency range were would be more concerned. Memory loss, certainly at the abuse or dependency areas certainly can create memory loss. There’s certainly alcohol use can create memory loss. How does it do that? But certainly an extreme levels of binge drinking or excessive drinking, one when one blacks out or passes out, certainly their ability to remember the previous evening or day’s events are limited because at that point they’re in a state that we cal
