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> Stop drinking alcohol, as said elsewhere. It takes about 2-3 weeks of sobriety to regain 80% of the capacity you lost. Capacity of what? And have you got any

• giantg2 4y ago
  It likely affects different people differently. Moderate alcohol consumption doesn't seem to have a long term cognitive affect for me. No difference in cognitive abilities if I had 2-3 drinks the night before or a few months before. I'd imagine heavy drinking has a different impact, but have much experience on that. Overall, it would likely be healthier to not drink.
  • more_corn 4y ago
    Hangovers and negative cognitive effects of drinking increase dramatically as people age. I’m guessing you’re 30 or under. I noticed a dramatic drop in my memory which I attribute to drinking. I stopped two years ago but I’m probably not back to where I would be if I hadn’t been drinking.
• orange_fritter 4y ago
  The question was phrased toward the individual's anecdotal experience rather than clinical studies, and this was my experience. I phrased my answer with "you" in a casual manner. In my experience it took about a month of sobriety to restore both an ability to enjoy life even at times when I normally did not drink(from things like more interest in conversations to more patience) and fully participate mentally, but the most drastic gains were made in the first 2-3 weeks. It's impossible for me to tease out which aspects were psychological versus physical.