What Causes Alcoholic Seizures?
Excessive consumption of alcohol, either in the form of binge drinking or continued regular use, can lead to alcoholic seizures. Alcohol is a drug that depresses the central nervous system (“CNS”). The CNS consists of the brain and the spinal cord, and relays sensory and motor information between the body and the brain. When a binge drinker consumes too much alcohol, or when a chronic drinker suddenly stops drinking, the brain may react by sending that person into a seizure.