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Old Feb 06, 2023, 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by RDMercer View Post
Some symptoms of mild alcohol related brain injury include loss of empathy, mood disregulation, loss of higher order thinking, and feelings of persecution which may be isolated to one person.

The threshold in women is 500ml of wine a day for 10 years, at which point brain atrophy can be seen in imaging.

Some of that is from Alzheimers sites, and some from a YouTube ted talk.

Two couples far removed from each other have asked me if her medication changed because she began acting so juvenile in the past year.

I am scared she injured herself, and then latched onto these people who fed her toxicity.
Yes! It damages the brain and affects relationships and ability to work and maintain a consistent work ethic. I have seen this happen a lot over the years with individuals in and out of recovery. Emotional dysregulation is very common.
These rages are also common as well as needing to blame others.