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Substance Abuse and Brain Injuries

User's Manual

Effects of alcohol on your brain:
Less Recovery
Some brain cells (neurons) are killed and others are disconnected at the time of a brain injury. Recovery means re-learning by making new connections between neurons. Using alcohol and other drugs after brain injury gets in the way of your recovery by interfering with new connections between neurons.

Cartoon Neuron Al is standing on a brain with some tomb stones indicating that other neurons have died. He says As a neuron, I send and receive informationin the brain. I've losta lot of friends to braininjury. This informationcan keep me fromlosing more.