alcoholic blackout

blackout /black·out/ (-out) loss of vision and momentary lapse of consciousness due to diminished circulation to the brain and retina.

alcoholic blackout anterograde amnesia experienced by alcoholics during episodes of drinking, even when not fully intoxicated; indicative of early, reversible brain damage.

alcoholic blackout,

a form of amnesia in which a person has no memory of what occurred during a period of alcohol abuse.

blackout [blak´owt″]

temporary loss of vision and momentary unconsciousness due to diminished circulation to the brain and retina. Blackout refers specifically to a condition which sometimes occurs in aviators resulting from increased acceleration, which causes a decrease in blood supply to the brain cells. The term can also refer to other forms of temporary loss of consciousness and to fainting, as well as to temporary loss of memory and to certain forms of vertigo.

alcoholic blackout anterograde amnesia experienced by alcoholics during episodes of drinking, even when not fully intoxicated; it is indicative of early but still reversible brain damage.

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Gary Gauger spent three years on death row having been bullied into believing he might have murdered his parents in an alcoholic blackout, despite there being no physical evidence to connect him to their deaths.

Hearing voices: ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, in ... by Vernon, Richard / Sojourners Magazine

Schierman admitted waking up in their home covered in blood after an alcoholic blackout and using gasoline to burn down the home in an effort to conceal the crime, charging papers said.

BRIEFLY by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

Watson was charged but denied the incident, claiming he'd had an alcoholic blackout.

WHEN THE SHERIFF SAID 'PRISON' MY WORLD FELL APART; ANGUISH OF ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)

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