Drinking causes memories to linger

RolandTD20Kdrummer
RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
edited March 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Drinking to drown your sorrows apparently only locks them in place...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080229/hl_afp/healthjapansciencealcoholdrinkoffbeat

"The age-old belief goes that alcohol helps people drown their sorrows, but in truth the bottle only makes bad memories linger, a Japanese study said Friday.
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Researchers at the University of Tokyo concluded that ethanol -- an intoxicating agent in alcohol -- does not cause memory to decrease, as widely believed, but instead locks it in place."
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  • olderman
    olderman Posts: 1,765
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    Drinking to drown your sorrows apparently only locks them in place...

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080229/hl_afp/healthjapansciencealcoholdrinkoffbeat

    "The age-old belief goes that alcohol helps people drown their sorrows, but in truth the bottle only makes bad memories linger, a Japanese study said Friday.
    ADVERTISEMENT

    Researchers at the University of Tokyo concluded that ethanol -- an intoxicating agent in alcohol -- does not cause memory to decrease, as widely believed, but instead locks it in place."

    George Jones knows this by experience. And so do about 1 M other country singers.

    Here's a toast to country drinkin' songs!
    Down the street you can hear her scream youre a disgrace
    As she slams the door in his drunken face
    And now he stands outside
    And all the neighbours start to gossip and drool
    He cries oh, girl you must be mad,
    What happened to the sweet love you and me had?
    Against the door he leans and starts a scene,
    And his tears fall and burn the garden green
  • sponger
    sponger Posts: 3,159
    no wonder i'm not especially fond of drinking.
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    im not one to drink in order to 'drown my sorrows'. when i drink tis to get plastered. to feel worse than i already am. simple. has nothing to do with forgetting or trying to forget.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    Well, I suppose only till the point you black out.

    Thank god, cause there were a couple chicks in college that I don't mind forgetting. :D
  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    catefrances wrote:
    im not one to drink in order to 'drown my sorrows'. when i drink tis to get plastered. to feel worse than i already am. simple. has nothing to do with forgetting or trying to forget.

    I drink to make my muscles feel all wobbly.
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    I drink to make my muscles feel all wobbly.

    and how much does that take? :)
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • appliedlesson
    appliedlesson Posts: 237
    To forget something you dislike, it's best to overwrite the negative memory with a positive memory at an early stage and leave out drinking alcohol," Matsuki advised.


    This explains soooooooo much. :)
  • Hands bound
    Hands bound Posts: 534
    I wonder if I got drunk and studied Microbiology if I would remember it better?
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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    Hands bound wrote:
    I wonder if I got drunk and studied Microbiology if I would remember it better?

    Yeah, I drank a TON in college and it's amazing how much I actually don't remember. :p
  • Steve Dunne
    Steve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    Hands bound wrote:
    I wonder if I got drunk and studied Microbiology if I would remember it better?

    sadly, i tried this, and it didn't work.
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  • eyedclaar
    eyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    If drinking helped memory, we'd never drink again because we'd have a vivid recollection of our hangovers. We'd actually stick to the foolish promises we make to ourselves while hungover about never drinking again. I, for one, am gald this finding is way, waaaaaaaaay off base.

    Here's to my next hangover!
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