✖️| STOP 🛑 I know some of you look forward to your weekend beverage but before you do, read what it is doing to YOUR BRAIN:
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Drinking alcohol alters the levels of neurotransmitters in the brain. For starters, alcohol slows down the neurotransmitter GABA, and that’s what drives the sluggish movement, slurred speech, and slower reaction time in someone who’s intoxicated
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At the same time, alcohol speeds up a neurotransmitter called glutamate, which is responsible for regulating dopamine in the brain’s reward center. It’s generating feelings of pleasure and well-being.
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Binge drinking also affects the cerebellum (which helps regulate balance) and the cerebral cortex (which is responsible for taking in and processing new information). When these regions of the brain are slowed down, a person might feel dizzy and stagger when walking, have blurred or double vision, and have difficulty paying attention to things going on around them. Your sensory uptake has been dulled, so you’re not going to be taking in new information as well.
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