How Much Can the Brain Recover from Years of Excessive Alcohol Consumption?

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by Richard RidderinkhofProfessor of Neurocognitive Development and AgingUniversity of AmsterdamOctober 8, 2011  Evidence shows that heavy alcohol use modifies the structure and physiology of the brain, although the extent of recovery after years of abstinence is unclear. Recent neuroimaging studies have revealed that chronic alcoholism can damage the cerebellum, which plays an important role in…

An Initial fMRI Study on Neural Correlates of Prayer in Members of A.A.

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Marc Galanter MDa*, Zoran Josipovic PhDb, Helen Dermatis PhDa, Jochen Weberc & Mary Alice Millarda The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse: Encompassing All Addictive Disorders ABSTRACTBackground: Many individuals with alcohol-use disorders who had experienced alcohol craving before joining Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) report little or no craving after becoming long-term members. Their use of…