Continued drinking
 

is not good for us to put it in a simple manner:

The term “wet brain” is not scientifically valid, but refers to a very real condition known as Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome. This chronic brain syndrome is caused by long-term alcoholism and is accompanied by a triad of symptoms: (1) mental disturbance; (2) confusion, drowsiness, and paralysis of eye movements; and (3) ataxia, or a staggering gait. A primary cause for this is a thiamine (Vitamin B1) deficiency due to severe malnutrition and poor intestinal absorption of food and vitamins caused by alcohol. The wet-brain person acts much like the Alzheimer’s victim with loss of recent memory, disorientation with regard to time and place, confusion and confabulation, or telling imagined and untrue experiences as truth. If wet brain is identified in its early onset, an infusion of thiamine (B1) may have some preventive value. But, unfortunately, there is no recovery from Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome; therefore, it is one of the most tragic consequences of alcoholism. - See more at: Long-Term Alcoholism Can Cause ‘Wet Brain’

Bump up for those that didn't know what I didn't know.

Well I for one didn't know that you didn't know that you didn't know:)

I only posted it because bad facts are not accepted with alcoholics. "It won't happen to me" attitude. I suggest they visit mental health hospitals and cemeteries to explore the end results of alcohol. Yes I know that alcoholics can't be scared, but if it helps just one person........... BE WELL

You do not have to be around recovery for very long before you realize the horrible toll that this disease takes. The destruction and death is not limited to the alcoholic it very often spells out in the friends family and the innocent public. Both of my parents died of alcoholism but that was not enough for me to even consider stopping.

Most alcoholics will not acknowledge that this is a fatal disease. Eventually it will kill you hopefully it only kill you and you do not take some innocent person out in the process. You can rest assured that the majority of the obituaries that's a died suddenly are drug or alcohol related.

The saddest thing is that there is a way out for the people that really want it. All they have to do is reach out and grasp the hand

I'd be interested in finding out if this is syndrome has stages... if it's gradual, occurring along a spectrum, or not. I've read different things about it, and most recently, that in some cases, you can recover from it.

It seems it occurs along a spectrum, and that some do recovery from it: http://www.patient.co.uk/doctor/Wern...f-Syndrome.htm

One of the things which finally pushed me to stop drinking, was the fear of the physical and potentially fatal damage I was either already, or on the way to doing to myself.

"But, unfortunately, there is no recovery from Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome; therefore, it is one of the most tragic consequences of alcoholism. - See more at: Long-Term Alcoholism Can Cause ‘Wet Brain’ "
I've been around and active in AA for +30 years and saw too many afflicted with this syndrome with no recovery. Several were well off financially and tried the some of the best local hospitals and specialists in the world to no avail. As I stated you can't scare an alcoholic into stopping but we can show some thoughts for them to think about. BE WELL