Alcohol Related Memory Loss

I have experienced close at hand the negative effects that alcohol abuse can have on an individual, which I have talked about before. Alcohol related memory loss is not just about getting tanked in the bar tonight and not remembering a thing the next morning. Long term use of alcohol in larger quantities can have several undesirable repercussions such as damage to the liver etc. but also among them, memory loss. The effects that alcohol intoxication can have on cognitive function are not so well known. In short big drinkers are at increased risk of for memory loss and dementia.

As reported here, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. When the researchers compared data from 373 people with dementia (age 65 and older) and

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Coping with Memory Loss Due to Aging and Alcohol Abuse

I started this search on how I could help those with memory loss through aging and alcohol abuse as I have two very dear and close friends who are alcoholics. Lana is 52 and Hana is 28.
Hana grew up in a caring and loving environment but was badly influenced by her peers to drink alcohol in excess in their teenage years. It was very common for Hana and her friends to binge drink from Friday night to Sunday morning every weekend. Amazingly Hana passed all her school exams achieving mostly As and Bs. She was a very intelligent child with exceptional mathematical skills and had a great command of the English language. Hana wrote poetry that was straight from her heart.

When Hana is drunk she is very abusive and argumentative and a thoroughly horrible person to know. Her family were slowly giving up of her and avoiding her when there were family get togethers and where alcohol was involved. The last straw for Hana’s family was when she became so horribly drunk that she tormented everybody in her family. Hana’s mother eventually stepped in to help Hana stop drinking.

Lana grew up England and came to New Zealand 15 years ago with her Kiwi husband. She left behind her family, which included a married daughter. Six years ago Lana’s first grandchild was born. With family overseas and the pressures of running her and her husband’s business Lana took to drinking wine on a daily basis until it ended up being a bottle to may be two bottles of wine a day. Lana’s reaction to the overuse of alcohol was to get rowdy and then fall asleep. When Lana realised that she needed help she put herself into a detox facility. She stayed ‘dry’ for 18 months but unfortunately has started drinking again.

Watching Lana and Hana I started to notice that they both were having memory difficulties. Their ability to recall things was slowing down. They were both saying things that didn’t make sense. Was Lana’s recall and memory loss due to aging and alcohol abuse. What about Hana’s lack of recall, shouldn’t be due to aging as she is only 28 so, is alcohol abuse the cause.
In my search to help Lana and Hana there are many things that can help them to stopping or controlling their alcohol intake, their eating habits, exercise, brain games and supplements, to name a few.

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