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Could binge drinking during years 14-17 interfered with my brain development permanently? i have stopped drinking. can my brains still catch up?
5 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Yes, yes: Yes binge drinking killed brain cells. The good news is you are young and as humans don't use 90% of their brain cells, so you have lots of brain cells you can still use to "catch up" with what you did during those teen years. But you have to stimulate the brain cells, exercise them. Read, listen to classical music, meditate, do physical exercise, do crosswords - all of this will help your brain!
Answered 7/5/2014
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Depends: on the extent of associated hypovitaminosis. Quitting will improve you brain capacity and recent evidence suggest the capacity of the brain regenerate neurons
Answered 7/4/2014
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