Briggs . Apart from this , the dependence in alcohol has a great association with brain damage and cognitive impairment which may lead to an advance stage known as alcoholic dementia . When such advance case of memory loss is combined with amnesia , the intellectual function of the brain is then lost (IAS 16 . Socio-Psychological Effects of Alcoholism The socio-psychological effects of alcoholism may be short term or long term . One of the most prominent short term socio psychological effects of alcoholism is...