The effects of alcohol consumption on the brain can be divided into three sections, based on how it affects the brain, the short term impact and the long term impact. 

Alcohol is one of the oldest and highly popular stimulants used all over the world. And since it’s easily available everywhere and limitations for its consumption are put in place, and since it helps one to loosen up or relax, what is the extent of harm it can cause? 

Made out of distilled or fermented ethanol, alcohol is easily absorbed by the blood and therefore quickly travels to the brain. Once it reaches the brain, it functions as a neuron transmitter depressant. Meaning, the neurons which are the messengers in the brain slow down or become unable to function in a normal way, making the reaction time of the consummate slow. The individual under the effect of alcohol will find it hard to concentrate and will feel like they are floating. This is because the mind becomes unable to direct the movement of the body parts.

All of us need to breathe and what commands the chest muscles to breathe – Of course the brain. Immerse the brain with lot of alcohol and very soon the brain will forget its essential tasks or will continue such tasks very slowly.

As per Sunshine Summit Lodge, consuming lot of alcohol in a very short period can momentarily stop breathing causing death or even taking the person into coma.

Alcohol greatly influences the ability of the brain to make decisions; this could easily cause the individual to make some disastrous decisions which could cause harm to oneself and to those around. The ideas that seem very bad might seem fantastic under the influence of alcohol. A very good example of this is drunk driving and resulting accidents.

Many alcoholics are aware of the harmful effects of getting drunk and driving. However, when they are drunk and are experiencing a high, the sound mind that they possess is lost and wrong decisions are taken.

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The brain gets damaged physically. While the frontal lobes will deteriorate, the ventricles would start increasing abnormally; sometimes even the dimension of the brain could also decrease alarmingly. The ability to store or remember memories could be lost. Also storing new data or learning new things will become difficult.