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ALCOHOL MAKES LAME BRAINS: At AA meetings, one often hears the expression, "we're all here because we're not all there." A prominent scientist--Dr. Frederick Lemere of the University of Washington School of Medicine at Seattle--has just concluded a study which tends to support that crack. Dr. Lemere says that "brain damage from alcoholism is not only more common than is supposed, but it also explains to a large extent the permanent loss of control over drinking common among alcoholics." The loss of brain cells can be detected only in extreme cases, he finds, but it is likely that there is some degree of loss in many heavy drinkers. "Brain cells once lost are never replaced," he says. But the alcoholic who stops drinking in time will still be able to function normally.
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