Drinking Alcohol with a TBI is a bad idea.

I am not going to lie, I know it's bad and may be slowing my recovery, but I still drink. I'm trying to figure out how to be comfortable while in public or talking with a girl I'm interested in. Having a couple of drinks to loosen up is normal, however, TBI survivors risk slowing or stopping their recovery by using alcohol. Five years ago, I went to a hospital to speak about my accident. The speaker before me was a doctor and he talked about the dangers of drinking alcohol with a TBI. He said drinking with a TBI magnifies the power of the alcohol. One beer can seem like six beers. At the time, I thought this was good news. Now I'm trying to take it more seriously. I notice that my speech and cognition is impaired when I'm drinking and for a day or so after I drink. This is not good and makes my goal of being healthy harder to reach. I'm setting a new goal to reduce my alcohol consumption and increase the amount of water I drink. Creating this blog post was a good exercise in recognizing how my choice to consume alcohol with a TBI is self-destructive and doesn't match my desire to recover as much of my brain function as possible. Check out this great article on TBI and alcohol consumption.    TBI And Alcohol Consumption