The 10 Scary Health Effects of Alcohol You Need to Know

Overdrinking doesn’t just mess with your mood, but can also cause short-term memory loss (for example blackouts caused by booze), as well as long-term cognitive issues, such as dementia.

According to a large-scale French study that was conducted on over 1 million, about 60% of the 57,000 cases with early onset dementia were linked to chronic heavy drinking.