In Australia, scientistswant to lace beerwith thiamine (vitaminB1) toreduce the instance of Wernicke-Korsakoffsyndrome, apotentiallyfatalbraindisorder found inheavy drinkers.
My mother, herself an alcoholic and anorexic, had literally drunk herself into oblivion (she was later diagnosed with Wernicke's Syndrome, a form of alcohol-induced dementia).