A brain injury can happen anytime, anywhere to anyone. Brain injuries do not discriminate. An injury that happens in an instant can cause a lifetime of physical, cognitive and behavior challenges. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that at least 5.3 million Americans currently have a long-term need for help to perform activities of daily living as the result of a traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Mixing Alcohol and Drugs with a Brain Injury

There are many reasons why using drugs and alcohol after a brain injury is not recommended. Here are a few of the key reasons:

• Alcohol and other drugs impair a brain’s ability to heal after an injury, slowing recovery.
• Brain injuries cause problems with balance, walking, or talking that get worse when a person uses alcohol or other drugs.
• Brain injuries cause problems with concentration and memory, and using alcohol or other drugs makes…

True gentleness is founded on a sense of what we owe to him who made us and to the common nature which we all share. It arises from reflection on our own failings and wants, and from just views of the condition and duty of man. It is native feeling heightened and improved by principle.   Hugh Blair