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Why does alcohol make you "lose your inhibitions?

Does drinking alcohol on a daily basis make you lose IQ points?

  • Because I know that it makes you lose brain cells, but I was wondering if this also applies to losing IQ points. It's just that I'm an avid drinker but also with a high intellect (so I'm told) so I wanted to know if drinking alcohol diminishes your brain cells as well as your intellect?

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    No way... I'm been drinking beer now for years and my IQ is massive big still, I no worry about beer, Me just dandy fine. oooo look, A monitor... Really though, Drinking Alcohol wouldn't normally kill any Brain cells, that's just a myth. Nor will it impact your IQ... Well, unless you perform an IQ test after imbibing large quantities of booze :) that's always a laugh. Of course there are long term health risks with prolonged heavy drinking that could have an impact on you... On the Contrary, Drinking alcohol in moderation may even help your IQ... See link.

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Good God no! Some of my greatest epiphanies have come while i have been pi$$ed witless.

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chronic drinking like 750ml of vodka a day for many years will not help. After many years of doing this I sometimes cannot remember what clothes I wore a day earlier or what I had for breakfast just hours earlier so it will definitely fry brain cells over the long term. I am still kind of short on memory 6 months after I gave up my very pleasurable hobby of heavy drinking. If iq is based on what you've learned or memorized, then you will slowly lose knowledge of things you've learned after years of doing it...the good news is that your long term memory may remain decent even after years of drinking but your short term memory may suffer the consequences. Even long term memories like childhood events, song lyrics, movies you used to be able to quote lines out of...that all slowly slips away if you drink heavily for years.

comper26

No. Postmortems have shown that severe chronic alcoholics may suffer some loss of brain cells. But for all others, the lose-brain-cells thing is a myth. Moderate amounts of alcohol may actually be beneficial.

Belinda

NO And alcohol, when drunk in moderation, does not make you lose brain cells, only alcohol abuse does that. That's just something pushed out by anti drinking groups.

Weatherman

no, as long as you drink regularly .

cris

uh, it doesn't kill them per-se, it just damages the ends, or the links between them or something, i looked it up once, but im pretty sure its not permanent.

Steven C

Drinking kills

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