Effects of Alcohol on the Brain Alcohol is something that people use to multiply different things and some studies have shown that alcohol can help protect our body from diseases cardiovascular. Alcohol has adverse health effects on the environment around us and can cause violence, traffic accidents and even suicide. Alcohol has an effect on people that many social drinkers may not realize. Many people have usually tried alcohol around age 13, and high school students consume more wine coolers than sold in the United States and drink more than 1 billion beers per year. To understand the effects of alcohol, you have to start with the brain. It's a curiosity why people feel the need to drink and drive. The way the brain works under the influence of alcohol has always fascinated me. Drinking and driving is one of the most important decisions alcohol leads to. The National Public Services Research Institute (NHTSA) conducted a study of 600 people who admitted to driving under the influence of alcohol. They described in detail the decisions they made before the drunk driving occurred, such as whether to attend an event with alcohol, how to get to the event, how much to drink, and how to get home. People surveyed revealed more than 2,000 individual decisions that led to drunk driving. The decisions were then divided into different categories as illustrated in the attached graph. Little is known about what leads people to continue drinking and driving. But as research shows, people think about how they will get home before they drink. It is after already drinking that they decide to get behind the wheel. Not just someone who drives while intoxicated… middle of paper… among these things are exercise, eating blueberries, antidepressant medications, and limiting calorie intake. As research grows, we will see more and more studies showing ways to keep our brains healthy. People don't think about how dangerous drinking is. They don't think about brain damage or the effects of alcohol. The question of how alcohol affects the brain has now been answered. When used in moderation, alcohol will not damage or kill brain cells. However, several years of alcohol abuse is what will cause the neurological damage (Bjork). Doing more research on this topic will educate many why drinking alcohol has become overrated and too many people are putting themselves in danger. Every day a new person becomes an alcoholic. What better way to help stop it than to do research to promote and warn people of the long-term harm?