18: What Alcohol Is Actually Doing to Your Brain

Most people know that drinking too much is not good for them. Far fewer understand exactly what alcohol is doing inside the brain, both in the short term and over years of regular use. In the latest episode of The Educated Patient Podcast, host Mike DeMarco sits down with Enrique Diaz, M.D., psychiatrist at Baptist Health Miami Neuroscience Institute, part of Baptist Health South Florida, for a conversation that covers everything from neurotransmitters and blackouts to brain shrinkage, sleep disruption and the genuinely good news about recovery.