Jordan Clement

Casual Drinking and why it can change you.🍺

When alcohol is ingested it is absorbed into the blood and will arrive at the brain.

🧠When inside the brain, Alcohol begins to suppress the Prefrontal Cortex, a part of the brain that controls Thinking, Planning, and the suppression of Impulsive behavior. Typically the Prefrontal Cortex provides “Top Down Inhibition” in which it releases GABA onto parts of the brain that involve Impulsive Behavior and Thought patterns.

As the Prefrontal Cortex shuts down, the GABA suppression starts to slow down or stop. Which means people start to say or do things without thinking.🤡

It also tends to affect people's decision making skills. A scenario of “I could do decision A or I can do decision B.”. This function is inhibited and whatever comes to the mind first is what comes out.

🔑The most important thing to know is when your brain is suppressed by alcohol it changes the physical connections that control habitual behavior in that Prefrontal Cortex location. So a literal growth of neural circuits in the brain that lead to impulses while simultaneously reducing connections that control impulsive behavior.

This means even the Days AFTER drinking, the brain is more primed to be Impulsive and have less control over Impulses. This effect will no doubetdly compound over time.

⏰However, these changes are reversible after a period of abstinence of alcohol. The typical time to revert to normal is anywhere from 2-6 Months for people who may have been drinking for a couple years. Other people who have been drinking for a lot of their life will see some repair, but it may take longer or won't fully return to normal.

These long lasting effects are most prominent in people who have 1-2 drinks per night or 7-14 drinks per week. Although this can occur even with people who only drink Fridays, or Saturdays, but have 3-4 or more drinks on the day they drink.

I’d like to note that this knowledge isn’t meant to scare anyone, it’s to allow a thoughtful approach to a little discussed topic.

This is only the first part of my breakdown on Alcohol, expect more in the future!😁


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“More Plasticity = Faster, Better, Deeper Learning.”🧠

If you believe you would benefit from accelerated Learning or need an excuse to finish that difficult project, take a look below.

I believe it would be beneficial if we could learn those skills we've wanted to do faster, easier, and more efficiently.

How does one Accelerate Learning❓ Neural Plasticity

For anyone without a background in science, Neural Plasticity is a state your brain goes into when trying to adapt to new stimuli aka Learning!

⭐️WHAT TO DO to stimulate Neural Plasticity (Straightforward ways to access States of Plasticity)
⚡️Learn a new motor movement (Handstand, Free throws, drawing, dancing)

⚡️Do something that challenges you to the point of making mistakes (Frustration and Uncomfortableness is a sign its working)

Once you do anything difficult for ~10 Minutes Neural Plasticity will be activated and you will be primed and ready for Learning ANYTHING.

⏰The state of Neural Plasticity lasts about 90 Minutes, for those 90 Minutes Skill learning will be greatly accelerated. Whether that be, Learning a Language, a Sport, Mathematics, a Musical instrument. I put an emphasis on ANYTHING because the neurochemicals are not specific to a task, they simply Cause your Brain to Change in any way necessary.

🔑THE KEY TO RETAINING WHAT YOU LEARNED
- 🔥BEFORE You should be in a state of Alertness, but calm. (If you’re tired, try the Wim Hof Method, I have a post about that below.)
- 💪AFTER It’s best to go walk, run, exercise, or sit in your thoughts. (All of these have shown to improve Plasticity)
- 🌑FINALLY Get a good night's sleep for ensuring maximal Retention. (Sleep is the brain's way of Storing Information of the prior day)

“Plasticity is a state of the nervous system. It’s not just geared towards the thing you’re trying to learn. Motor movements are the most straightforward way to access states of plasticity, and that could be for the sake of learning specific motor movements, or the sake of accessing plasticity more generally.”🧐

Let me know about your experience with this groundbreaking technique in the comments below!

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