“Dr. X” drinks a glass of wine with dinner, performs emergency surgery that night, and remembers nothing the next day? It happened, and (spoiler alert!) the patient knew nothing.
We talk often on the Escape Pod about how the brain is a funny thing. The doctor’s experience is just one of several true tales of people going beyond a state of impairment to “blackout” mode. They might seem perfectly normal, but – in fact – their brains are in a totally different state. In one case, a man uses his blackout drunkeness as an excuse for killing his boss. Does that defense fly in the courtroom? Find out in this episode of The Escape Pod!
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Resources & Links
https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/9424753/cider-teen-blackouts-hospital-drinking/
https://www.augustachronicle.com/story/news/2020/11/11/blackout-wednesday-is-deadly-night-for-teens/114860816/
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/healing-addiction/202203/true-story-alcohol-blackout
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/blackout-drunk-defense-used-in-murder-trial-over-architects-death/71964/#:~:text=The%20defense%20for%20a%20man,he%20was%20%E2%80%9Cblackout%20drunk.%E2%80%9D
https://www.rehabcenter.net/blacked-out-a-story-you-wont-remember/
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/higinio-salgado-man-sentenced-to-15-years-for-murder-of-architect/67093/
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