Is Alcohol a Depressant or Stimulant? How It Affects Your Central Nervous System
Alcohol is a central nervous system depressant. That is its medical classification, even when the first drink makes you feel more talkative, energetic, or confident. Alcohol does not become a stimulant for the first twenty minutes and then change drug classes. From...
How Alcohol and Dopamine Hijack Your Brain’s Reward System
Why do I crave this when I know what it costs me? That question can carry shame. It can make us wonder why knowing better has not led to doing better. Part of the answer is chemistry. Alcohol activates one of the brain’s most powerful learning systems. The brain...
Sober October: Your Guide to 31 Days Without Alcohol
Maybe you have been thinking about changing your drinking habits, but January came and went. Maybe you already tried taking a break and found yourself returning to the same routine. Or maybe you are doing well in most areas of your life, yet you know alcohol is taking...
Alcohol and Memory Loss: Why You Forget and How to Get It Back
Sometimes the evidence of a memory gap is dramatic. Other times, it is an ordinary detail that makes you realize you were not fully present for your own life. For me, it was often Netflix. I would return to a show and realize I could not remember important parts of...
How the Brain Heals After Alcohol: A Month-by-Month Recovery Timeline
The brain starts to respond to life without alcohol right away. This doesn’t mean every symptom improves instantly or that any damage is fixed in just a few hours. It simply means that alcohol is no longer causing the same chemical changes, so the brain can slowly...
The Brain Affected by Addiction vs. the Healthy Brain: What the Science Reveals
Why can someone wake up sincerely determined not to drink and still find themselves pouring a glass that evening? For generations, the easy answer was weakness. If a person truly wanted to stop, people reasoned, they would simply choose better. Brain research has...
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