[sinanju]

There’s no easy treatment for alcoholism (don’t ask how I know).

Is traumatic dementia another term for “punch-drunk”?

TBD is the phrase of the day for troops in Iraq getting their gongs rung from IED’s.

It’s also being found out how say, even two or three concussions suffered in high school football can permanently blight a young life.

[stylin19a]

Punch-drunk ? probably...my pop was a brawler
Pop got his skull(back of the head just above the neck) cracked open by a cops baton in the early 60’s. He ended up takin blood thinners and anti-seizure medicine for the rest of his life.

years later he went in for surgery on his lung ( he drove himself, was one of those “kept his own council” WWII vets).
He had 2 seizures post op and couldn't find his butt with both hands in is back pockets...he lost his short-term memory. ( God works in mysterious ways, he also lost his desire to drink. )

His long term memory was detailed and precise, but short-term ? I'd be visiting and I'd get up to go to the john, come back and he'd look at me and ask “Hey...when did you get here?”.