Does drinking make you stupid?

Question

I always feel so "fuzzy" and out of it when I'm a bit hungover from a night out. I know this is a pretty common way to feel the day afterwards, but how can I know if I'm doing permanent damage? Where does the fuzzy, confused feeling come from?

I usually don't drink more than 1 - 2 nights per week, when I might have anywhere from 2-5 drinks (I'm a woman, and 5 is definitely my upper limit...usually I don't go over 4). But I know I'm very sensitive to substances/medication, so I'm guessing alcohol is no different.

I already have a terrible memory so I don't want alcohol to make me stupid ;)

Answer 1

Stick with 1-2 glasses of red wine and you should be fine.

It is heavy amounts of alcohol that makes you stupid as it gradually destroys brain cells and the central nervous system. My relative is an alcoholic and while he is still an intelligent guy, he has attention problems as well as central nervous system damage. He is basically on his last leg, so to speak, from advanced diabetes due to the drinking. It's such a shame that he chose drinking to deal with his depression.

Anyway, I would switch to something else non-alcoholic after your 2 drinks. I have a low alcohol tolerance myself, so found that 2 is my max and I need to move on then.

Answer 2

If you drink too much, it can do as much or cause more problems that abusing certain drugs. Alcohol is a downer, so you feel tired, fuzzy, and if you drink too much, you can actually die from alcohol poisoning or it can ruin your liver. Perhaps five drinks is about two or three too many for your particular system and how your body absorbs the alcohol. I've heard that taking a couple of Tylenol or aspirin before you drink can help ward off a hangover the next day, but it sounds to me like perhaps you are drinking more than your body can handle within a certain time period. You also need to flush the alcohol out of your system with plenty of water! And I've also heard that too much alcohol can affect your thinking -- permanently, by killing brain cells. Talk to a professional to see what they have to say. I'm sure there are plenty of people out there that can help you get this problem solved pretty easily. Good luck!!

Answer 3

Consider this- when you take a physical or the doc ask you questions or you sign up for insurance- they ask you how much you drink. Socially- like only special events, light 1-2 drinks a day, and heavy -3 or more a day..... that should tell you something.. you need to drink a bunch of water, because drinks have lots of sodium, so you loose water,(ever heard of the used beer department?) and get dehydrated. that will affect how well you do the next day, and how fast you get over the hang over.

Yes, it's a depressant. And it does kill brain cells that you can't replace,
excessive drinking leads to liver damage, then cirrhosis but the key word to drinking, and everything else in life is "Moderation." Jesus's first miracle- turning water into wine at a wedding- so it's not pure evil.

Answer 4

Yes it does. And you drink way too much. You should be very concerned. You drink at least 4 drinks (sometimes 5) 1-2 times a week....and that's "usual" which means sometimes you drink more nights. That's bad.

You need to quit drinking. You can, no problem. Unless you are an alcoholic. An alcoholic is not only someone who drinks too much, but is definitely someone who can't stop and feels they NEED the alcohol. They try to stop and/or say they'll drink less or not at all and they always end up going back to the booze. People who aren't alcoholics don't NEED it---and they just stop--no problem.

Answer 5

Drinking a little bit isn't going to hurt you.

Drinking a lot, frequently, over a long period of time is seriously going to hamper your ability to intelligently manipulate information. I know this because I'm a victim of it myself. I didn't start drinking until 19, and I've been drinking pretty heavily for about a year. I still maintain a lot of my knowledge and reason and common sense (all of it, really), but often I struggle to find words that used to come to me easily. There's also a general disinterest in intelligent thought. A sort of apathy that promotes entropy.

But anyway, you shouldn't be worried unless it becomes habitual. It's good that you're a light-weight, so you can get away with drinking less. The simplest advice I can give you is to not exceed that 2-5 drink limit, and try not to go to bed drunk. At least go an hour before bed without drinking anything but water.

Just a general health tip, really.

Answer 6

Just so you know, alcohol is a depressant, it can do this. health wise you should never drink more than 3 drinks in 3 hours at any given time without knowing that you will be adversely affecting your health and mental stability. Fun wise, most people love to drink who do drink. Health wise the medical experts say that one drink a day is good for you, but that if you are binge drinking 4or more drinks at one outing....you might be and alcoholic and you might be dammaging your internal organs,which certainly makes the rest of your body PAY. You are most likely NOT killing yourself off in a short term sense, but long term health issues might be a problem if this is a pattern over several years. Does that make sense? Read more about it! O^O

Answer 7

In moderation, alcohol can actually be good for you. (1-2 drinks every once in a while). But drinking enough to get hungover is definitely too much. Particularly if you are younger- young brains are still developing, and alcohol interferes with this development. Studies show that the parts of the brain associated with memory and learning can be up to 10 percent smaller in binge drinkers. This damage is permanent.

Even in older people, there are new neurons continually forming, and too much alcohol will cause brain damage.

Alcohol is poisonous in excessive amounts- a hangover is your body suffering from the affects of ingesting too much alcohol poison. Your body works hard to get rid of the stuff in urine, so you suffer from dehydration.

Cut back on drinks so that you don't stress your body and brain- all things in moderation.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

The "fuzzy" feeling you mentioned has mainly to do with being dehydrated from the alcohol from the night before. Try drinking a full glass of cold water and a couple aspirins prior to hitting the bed for sleepytime and you'll feel alot better once you wake up the next day. It also doesn't hurt to drink a nice, ice-cold glass of Orange juice when you get up. Vitamin C is a wonderful pick me up!

Answer 10

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Does drinking make you stupid?
I always feel so "fuzzy" and out of it when I'm a bit hungover from a night out. I know this is a pretty common way to feel the day afterwards, but how can I know if I'm doing permanent damage? Where does the fuzzy, confused feeling come from?

I usually don't drink more...