Memory Lapse: Alcohol Intake...

Alcohol intoxication is where alcohol builds up in the blood stream faster than the liver can metabolize it. Alcohol is one of the world’s worst spread recreational drugs. Alcohol intoxication has many dangerous side effects: slurred speech, impaired balance, dehydration, vomiting, reduced inhibitions, erratic behaviour and MEMORY LAPSE.

Alcohol is metabolized by a normal liver at the rate of one ounce every 90 minutes (one 2 ounce shot of spirits, a normal beer or a regular size glass of wine).

The dangerous side effects of alcohol intake were mentioned above but there are many more long term effects that are a lot more serious such as: heart attacks, strokes, brain lesions, DEMENTIA, coma and even death.

Excessive alcohol intake can be associated with impaired prospective memory loss which can lead to failure in intended tasks for example: forgetting to switch the telly off or lock the door. The higher the volume of alcohol intake and the longer consumed the more sever the impairment will be. The brain organ is one of the most sensitive to the effects of chronic alcohol consumption.