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Can you get brain damage from alcohol at age 22?
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Absolutely: Alcohol can cause brain damage at any age. Chronic use can cause psychosis characterized by anterograde amnesia (inability to form new memories), and confabulation (lying to fill in memory gaps). Withdrawal can cause seizures, hallucinations, and tremors. It can be fatal.
Answered 3/1/2013
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Alcohol toxicity: Alcohol is toxic to every organ in the body. The added risk is developing alcoholism.
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