Alcohol misuse is associated with multiple neurological, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, endocrine and other medical problems.

• Blackouts (memory impairment for the period of time when the person was drinking heavily but remained awake)
• Alcohol-induced persisting amnestic disorder (Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, a gross disturbance in the recent memory)
• Sleep impairment
• Peripheral neuropathy (numbness of hands and feet, tingling, paresthesias)
• Cerebellar degeneration (unsteadiness of gait, problems with standing, nystagmus)
• Gastritis
• Hepatitis
• Liver cirrhosis
• Pancreatitis
• Diabetes
• Myocardial infarction
• Thrombosis
• Hypertension
• Hemorrhagic stroke
• Cardiomyopathy
• Increase in the average size of the red cell (the mean corpuscular volume, MCV)
• Impairment in the production and efficiency of blood platelets
• Cancers of the head, neck, esophagus, stomach, liver, colon, lungs
• Deleterious effects on the developing fetus