Does drinking alcohol reduce your intelligence? We're not going that far, but alcohol does affect your brain. For instance someone who has had too much to drink experiences difficulty walking, blurred vision, slurred speech, slowed reaction times, and impaired memory.
Even having just a couple of drinks can impair your memory. Drinking a lot of booze on an empty stomach - so the alcohol passes quickly into your system and to your brain can cause blackouts. That is when the drunk person can't remember key details of events, or even entire events.
Long time heavy drinkers are at risk for developing serious and persistent changes in the brain. According to this report, "Damage may be a result of the direct effects of alcohol on the brain or may result indirectly, from a poor general health status or from severe liver disease."
Does alcohol make you stupid? Maybe not, but alcohol abuse is a stupid thing to do.
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