The diet of many chronic alcoholics is vitamin B1 (thiamine) deficient? that thiamine enables the brain to utilise/burn glucose? prolonged thiamine deficiency can kill brain Neurons & cause Korsakoff’s syndrome marked by severe memory impairments? Now you know that when you hear a alcoholic saying “did I do/say that? I don’t remember!” They really may not remember. Also, glucose is our brain’s main source of energy- so if the brain isn’t taking in glucose as it should, what else is sleeping or dead in an alcoholic’s brain? … More Alcohol Addiction is not the only Focus