EP 350: Reader Question - Have I done permanent damage to my brain?

This Naked Mind Podcast

Annie Grace

Mental Health, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2021

⏱️ 8 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

What kind of damage does alcohol do to your brain? Is it reversible? Aside from stopping drinking, is there anything you can do to heal your brain? Also, what is the impact of all the worry you feel wondering if you have caused yourself permanent brain damage? Annie Grace explains …

Hey, it’s Annie Grace. I want to tell you about the most important book that I never wrote. I mean that. This is This Naked Life. It is 48 true stories of people finding freedom from alcohol. And, it’s so inspiring. It’s our stories, as you know from this podcast, that truly change us, that revolutionize what we believe is possible for ourselves. So, it’s This Naked Life. You can find it on Amazon, or check it out online at nakedlifestories.com. And every single copy, all the proceeds, are 100% committed to keeping The Alcohol Experiment forever free for anybody who needs it. Check it out. It’s such an inspirational book.

And, as always - rate, review, and subscribe to this podcast, as it truly helps the message reach somebody who might need to hear it today.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This is Annie Grace and you're listening to this naked mind podcast where without
0:15.2	judgment, pain or rules, we explore the role of alcohol in our lives and culture.
0:20.2	Hey, it's Annie Grace. I hope everybody is doing really good. So I have a
0:33.2	readers question today that I'm really excited to answer and if you are in a
0:38.9	position where you are very curious about your drinking, I highly encourage
0:42.5	you to check out the absolutely free alcohol experiment at alcoholexperiment.com
0:47.1	because no matter where you are if you're just drinking on occasion or drinking
0:52.9	far too much like I was, it can give you the gift of changing the entire
0:58.1	conversation internally. So check that out and I really wanted to get into this
1:02.4	very specific question which is so relevant for this conversation. So the
1:06.7	question is, have I done permanent damage to my brain with my past drinking
1:10.6	behavior? I've been alcohol free for three months now but I can't help thinking
1:15.0	about how awful I was to my body and my binge drinking days and wondering what
1:18.8	the long-term consequences will be on my mental capacity. So first of all I
1:23.2	will caveat all this to say that I am not a neurosurgeon or a medical doctor or
1:28.2	even a PhD or anything like that. So I don't I can't tell you definitively I
1:32.6	don't know that they could either but what I do know and from the research that
1:36.6	I have done is the brain is incredibly malleable. It is it's capacity to heal
1:43.7	is unparalleled. There has been research by Dr. Caroline Leif and other
1:49.4	scientists that actually show that we can change the structure of the brain
1:54.0	with our thinking and our thoughts. There's also been research done to show that
1:59.0	some of the areas that are damaged by the brain, one of the main areas that is
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Annie Grace, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Annie Grace and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.