Technically the mild brain damage of drinking heavily over time is permanent. The nervous system is a biological system made up of organs: it's always changing

Technically the mild brain damage of drinking heavily over time is permanent. The nervous system is a biological system made up of organs: it's always changing, often permanently. You might identify yourself with a particular functional aspect if your mind, but you're going to have to do a fair amount of scientific work to pick out which functional aspect. Just gesturing to the meat doesn't really pick out anything immutable or specific.