When Drunk Your Brain Can’t Form New Memories
A lot of people like to drink alcohol occasionally, and some people drink more than they should. If you drink too much and can't even recall what you did the night before, this could become a problem. Drinking till you pass out is often regarded as harmful. But properly speaking, it might not be what happens when you drink.
Drinking hinders your ability to remember rather than actually making you forget. What's the distinction? The act of forgetting indicates that the memory already existed. However, drinking reduces your brain's capacity to create new memories. A substantial amount of alcohol can cause you to become "blackout drunk," which means you performed whatever you did while intoxicated but your brain was unable to retain those memories. You simply never created a recollection in the first place, therefore you didn't do something and then forget it.
Your hippocampus is affected when your blood alcohol level reaches 0.18 to 0.30. This is going dangerously near to alcohol poisoning and is a lot higher than what is typically thought of as the legal blood alcohol level if the police pull you over.
