By Olivia Marks
... Once there's a certain level of booze in your blood, your brain stops
forming memories entirely. As Hepola explains in her book: "The blood
reaches a certain alcohol saturation point and shuts down the
hippocampus—the part of the brain making long-term memories." So you can
try as hard as you like to remember what happened, but it will be
futile because there's absolutely nothing there. Zilch.
"It's simple: The recorder in your brain has shut down," Hepola tells
me. "Blackouts were the scariest, craziest part of my drinking, and in
all those years I never knew what was happening. That blind spot on its
own is just stunning to me. And I've been really amazed at how many
people—many of whom I considered smart, educated friends—did not know
the difference between blacking out and passing out. They thought that
blackout meant unconscious and asleep on the couch instead of being up
and around and moving and functioning."...Read complete article here.
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