Can the long-term effects of alcohol on the mind be negated or fixed through sobriety?After drinking heavily for over 1 year (the definition of long-term alcohol use), can sobriety fix some of the personality changes or the damaged connecting nerves in the brain?
Answer by Marshmellow_Gardener_and_such
If you are "sober" yet you feel like it's a battle everyday, that is not true soberness.
You have to get to the root of why you drink/drank. What caused you to drink. How does it make you feel? Solve a problem raw, you don't need to drink.
Answer by Ed
Yes, sobriety can absolutely improve some of the damage from heavy drinking (although not all damage).
For the most part, dead brain cells will not grow back. However, part of the damage drinking does is that it actually strengthens some connections in your brain, known as the reward pathway. This is effectively how alcohol hijacks the brain to increase cravings. With sobriety, over time, these effects will lessen, but not go away completely.
Also, long-term, heavy alcohol use causes metabolic changes, and nutritional deficiencies that can be completely reversed with a healthy and sober lifestyle.
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