Renewing of the mind
It's been about 8 months since I've had my last alcoholic drink. Almost a full term pregnancy! And like a woman's body goes through many changes during pregnancy, so does the mind when it hasn't had a drink in awhile. I mentioned in a previous post, I can already feel new neurons in my brain forming. Well, allow me to expand on that a moment. But first, won't you join me for a little science lesson. The human brain is made up of neurons communicating with each other by these chemical substances called neurotransmitters. The place where these neurons meet are called synapses and that is where the communication takes place. So think of the neurons as roads or highways and these neurotransmitters as the vehicles transporting information along these pathways or neurons. And your brain, well an expanse mass of land. Whenever we learn or experience something new, connections amongst the neurons ar...