Why the Nervous System Weakens Under Alcohol: The Method’s View on GABA, Neuronal Energy and Neuroplasticity

When we ask «why does this happen», Dr. Saulitis’s method looks not at the symptom but at the mechanism. The nervous system is described as fine wiring with insulation, carrying electricity. Alcohol «erodes» that wiring — and fine innervation breaks down. If we can see this in the legs as polyneuropathy, we should consider that the same is happening in the brain.

The wiring that alcohol erodes

Polyneuropathy is a vivid example. The doctor compares nerves to electrical wiring: there are layers of insulation, an impulse runs through. Alcohol disrupts fine innervation, and a person starts «waddling like a duck», walking with a cane. By the method’s logic this is tied to a B-vitamin deficiency, and in milder cases the situation «recedes» when the B group is addressed. But the key conclusion is: if damage is visible in the legs — think about what has happened in the brain.

GABA as the processing buffer

The central idea is the inhibitory GABA system. It is a «buffer» that processes a stimulus before it reaches the executive functions and the amygdala. A door slams — the system decides: this is not a bomb, no need to react, the impulse can be sent into neutral noise. When this buffer is missing, the impulse strikes the executive brain directly: the person reacts, runs, gets irritable. Alcohol substitutes for the GABA system. And when alcohol is withdrawn, «there’s no GABA, and the substitute is gone» — hence the withdrawal: shaking in the morning, swaying in the evening.

Neuronal energy: mitochondria and metabolism

The method stresses: the first place everything hits is the neurons. From there the blow spreads through the whole body. Metabolism and hormones go off balance — insulin and cortisol creep up, the state resembling a «situational diabetic». Mitochondria — the cell’s «batteries» — drain instantly, especially when high-calorie, sugar-containing food is added. When energy production through mitochondria suffers, cells fail to sustain function, and a strong nervous system becomes weak. Weak — because it merely reacts, without processing.

Science instead of taboo: restoring «sharpness»

Here the method turns toward recovery. The doctor speaks of neuroplasticity in action — building new neuronal connections where the old ones were destroyed by stress. This is the frame of evidence-based medicine, not «trips» and not magic. From his own experience he describes the effect as a return «into the sharpness of life». The principle is to act by science, by protocol, not by random «trips».

Why stabilization matters, not endless «detox»

The method criticizes endless «detoxes» as a waste of people’s money and nerves. When the cause is clear, actions are built step by step. Then it becomes possible not only to get through the period of alcohol withdrawal, but also to stabilize the very mental disorder the person was, in effect, «treating» with alcohol.

Practice

A checklist along the method’s logic (not self-treatment — for understanding and a conversation with a specialist):

1. Accept the principle: the first place everything hits is the neurons; look for the cause, not chase the symptom.
2. Support the «wiring»: attention to B-vitamin and basic nutrient deficiency as part of recovery.
3. Protect neuronal energy: remove the stacking of alcohol with high-calorie/sugary food that batters mitochondria.
4. Understand the GABA buffer: irritability and «shaking and swaying» are about a missing processing of the impulse.
5. Act step by step and by science, with a specialist — don’t «put on a circus».