Can alcohol cause long term delusions?
Your friend it seems as been an alcoholic long enough to suffer brain damage. If he doesn’t stop that won’t stop and it will continue. Do you know if he suffers any delusions when he is sober as this could be Schizophrenia and he is what is called “self medicating” this does not solve any problem and only exacerbates the problems that he does have. Normally delusions occur after an alcoholic is without alcohol for a period of time. These are called Delirium Tremors, there is also acut and sub-acute alcoholic hallucinations. delusional alcoholic insanity these can occur in a young person who is an alcoholic. Long term heavy drinking for years results in Alcoholic Dementia. He is drinking to solve some very serious issues that he is unable to understand. It could be severe depression. Unfortunately there isn’t anyway that you can stop an alcoholic from drinking. It has to be a decision that he has to make. Withdrawal from the alcohol would have to be done in rehab so that he can get the
