"Blackout drunk" refers to alcohol-induced amnesia where excessive drinking impairs the brain's ability to form new long-term memories. The person remains conscious and active—walking, talking, making decisions—but won't recall events later. It's caused by high blood alcohol levels disrupting the hippocampus. This doesn't erase responsibility; actions stem from impaired judgment, not total loss of control. Sources: NIAAA, American Addiction Centers"Blackout drunk" refers to alcohol-induced amnesia where excessive drinking impairs the brain's ability to form new long-term memories. The person remains conscious and active—walking, talking, making decisions—but won't recall events later. It's caused by high blood alcohol levels disrupting the hippocampus. This doesn't erase responsibility; actions stem from impaired judgment, not total loss of control. Sources: NIAAA, American Addiction Centers"Blackout drunk" refers to alcohol-induced amnesia where excessive drinking impairs the brain's ability to form new long-term memories. The person remains conscious and active—walking, talking, making decisions—but won't recall events later. It's caused by high blood alcohol levels disrupting the hippocampus. This doesn't erase responsibility; actions stem from impaired judgment, not total loss of control. Sources: NIAAA, American Addiction Centers.
@BellaBaddie__ It’s not that they can’t. Alcohol disrupts functions in your prefrontal cortex (judgment/decision-making center). People who act messy drunk are messy people without their filter. Same reason why, “a drunk mind speaks sober thoughts.”
tldr: a messy drunk is a messy person
a girl on tiktok said “it crazy how some people will never ask for your side of the story because the side they heard fits the description of how they want to feel about you” and i felt that to the core.
Crazy how people with bpd, bipolar, schizophrenia, any of the "scary mental illnesses" are 99% of the time the coolest, most emotionally intelligent and creative people you will ever meet but y'all are really not ready to stop shunning us before you get to know us.