Alcohol affects your brain in different ways. It impairs your judgment, makes you slower to respond, makes your reflexes slower, and makes you forget things. You can find more information here: pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa63/aa6....
Effects of alcohol on the brain are both immediate(walking, slurred speech ect) but also long term w/ heavy use(memory lapses).
Alcohol enters the bloodstream immediately and can reach the brain within a minute. Alcohol can kill brain cells and those will not rejuvenate. You can find more information here: bloodalcohol.info/how-alcohol-affects-th....
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