Why do you forget things after being drunk?!


Question: What makes our minds do that? And how come we sometimes rememeber somethings and sometimes don't? Don't say don't do it because it doesn't matter i jsut want to knowt he answer!


Answers: What makes our minds do that? And how come we sometimes rememeber somethings and sometimes don't? Don't say don't do it because it doesn't matter i jsut want to knowt he answer!

Instead of getting into the brain chemistry about this question, I'll try to simplify it:

Your brain and body is smart and very adaptive . . . it knows what parts are needed at certain times. For example, when you go for a run, your brain and body push blood into your legs, as those are the needed parts to run. When you take a test, blood rushes into your brain for the same reason.

When you drink, your brain and body essentially does the same thing: it prioritizes what needs to be taken care of, and it prioritizes other parts of the brain (those needed to walk, speak, function, etc.) over those that can be put to the side (remembering stuff).

It comes down to chemistry and biology . . . you can't control it any more than you control how your computer works. That's just the way it is.

Good advice: don't drink so much that you shut down that part of your brain. Bad stuff happens then . . . take my word for it.

When you drink, you lose brain cells (or so I've heard). So it stands to reason that some of the brain cells lost, are the ones for memory.

I get drunk once in a while, but not to the point of not remembering things. I can usually retell everything that happened the night before, who said what and where we were. Even tell the stupid jokes that were just as stupid the night before. lol

It's a wonderful thing isn't it. That is part of why I have a drink now and then so I don't have to think or remember. My mind deserves some time off too.

I'm sorry.... what were you saying??? BURRP!!!

Alcohol affects the cerebrum, the most frontal part of your brain. The cerebrum controls movement, smell, language/communication, and... memory.

You told me not to say it, but I will. Don't drink alcohol to the point where you're a slave to it. That's dumb.

The alcohol kills the most active brain cells at the time. So it kills whatever you are doing if you have enough to drink. Also, sometimes your brain just says ENOUGH, and shuts down.





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