Drinking and memory loss?!
Answers: I am 14 and drink very somonly on occasion with friends. I have only been drinking since the middle of summer and on each occasion only had 2-4 beers. Only on one occsion did I have5 or 6 beers. Recently, I feel like i have been forgetting names or what things are. I can remember everythingj ust soemtimes i forgot who someone is on tv that I knew of before or pause on an object. Can this minor-ness of alcohol actually cause this sorta stuff? (Please don't be stupid saying drinknigs bad blah blah blah cuz I know it is, I know but i enjoy it on the occasion times)
The little amount you drink wouldn't affect an adult, but it's affecting you because your brain is not yet completely formed. The technical term for this is that you're "insufficiently mylenated." So, basically, although a 25 year old would handle it, your brain can't. Even though it's only a little alcohol, you are damaging your brain. If you keep going, you'll notice it more and more. If you stop now, and don't start again until you're older, you can rebuild new connections in your brain and the effects you are feeling should go away over time. Also, as you gain height and weight in the next couple of years, that will help you handle alcohol, too, I *think.* By starting early, you may have sensitized your body to alcohol in such a way that you are having worse effects, and these would be compounded because of your relatively lower weight (less than an adult). However, if you continue now, you'll see these effects worsen, and you're also more likely to have both alcohol and weight problems as you get older (more likely to be addicted, more likely to have a "beer belly"). Therefore, it's your choice, but personally if it were me I'd lay off for a few years, unless you like that forgetful feeling.
Well kid congrats AT 14 your on your way to becoming a lifelong alcoholic. The memory loss is just the icing on the cake...look froward to a life of losing family members possessions and your freedom. You won't hold a stead job and it looks like you won't even finish high school. (that is if your lucky enough to escape the drunk driving accident your sure to have) Go ahead drink it up! lose what ever wonderful opportunities you could have had if you'd only been "cool" enough to say no.
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Think about that the next time you want to occasionally drink.
Just by your spelling I can see that you can't afford to loss anymore brain cells, Your just shot out, Go back to soda and milk....
if ur only drinking as often as u say u are and as little its not the beer thats making u forget look elsewhere
Every time you drink you do lose brain cells, however I really don't think it will affect you, if you drink on occasion (once every other month or longer). Most times memory becomes blurred or you become forgetful, by just not paying attention or your mind wanders so much you can't concentrate on the person's name or object's name.
I do however, suggest you stop drinking at such an early age. By doing so you are more susceptible to over indulging (becoming an alcoholic, being involved in abuse/accidents) and may be doing things that you wouldn't normally do sober (sex) or taken advantage of (rape).
Losing brain cells also happens but I'd be more concerned of being taken advantage of while your young and inebriated.
Learn to love your teen years without alcohol, you'll appreciate it more and you'll enjoy it more, trust me. You have the rest of your life after school to be wild and free, this is not the best time.