The first two links actually agree with what I, and the other person, are saying. Look at the bullet points in the first - "Alcohol 'switches' off brain region that encodes memory - and some are more vulnerable than others", "Not necessarily because people drink more." Nothing in the link suggests blackouts are contingent upon being an alcoholic, the opposite in fact. Some people's bodies are just more prone to it. This could be a 12-year-old drinking for the first time or 25-year-old drinking daily.
The second one is vague and says it "may be a symptom of an alcohol problem", as in, a reference to alcohol abuse. Again, not that one must be an alcoholic, or even that one must be an alcoholic to experience a blackout.
The third? I wouldn't put much stock in it at all as it's the blog of a faint-of-heart treatment center or some such. I mean, look at this trite - "Blackouts are just a consequence of the high tolerance an alcoholic has built up. If they have built up a high tolerance, they are drinking on purpose to deal with something. Loneliness, emptiness, low self worth, lack of identity, emotional pain from abuse." Factually incorrect
and presumptuous. I suppose the t/s wasn't drinking for the purposes of having a good time for his party but because he was abused as a child? C'mon, lol.
There are more but im sure you get the point. I think my real life several hour long conersations with licensed professionals and patients trumps some wikipedia facts
No one cares what causes you to black out the point is that you blacked out period instead of passing out. Im not sure why ya'll are so stuck on blackouts as if I said that was the main component of alcoholism. Ive stated other risk factors but yall keep gliding right over them.
Well, it's become an issue of argument because you made a statement ("A normal person doesnt black out.") that's just not true.