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Substance Abuse and Brain Injuries

User's Manual

Effects of alcohol on your brain:
Do and Say Without Thinking
Every brain has a program called, "Good Idea/Bad Idea." The program tells us what is appropriate and what is not. For example, we may think to ourselves that someone's sweater is really ugly, but "Good Idea/Bad Idea" keeps us from saying this out loud. For some people, a brain injury takes away the fine line between good ideas and bad ideas and "lets it all hang out." Alcohol can also cause a person to say whatever comes to mind, no matter who it hurts. Alcohol together with a brain injury shuts off the "Good Idea/Bad Idea" program, and that's a bad idea.

Cartoon character Ed Injury tells Al that he's wearing an ugly sweater.