Imagine your brain as a ship. Marc Lewis calls the pre-frontal cortex (PFC) ‘the bridge of the ship’. It’s crucial for self-awareness, insight, judgment, logic, building new perspectives and adjusting previous decisions. The Bridge is ideally steering your life. In alcohol dependence, the PFC loses its control. Some sources say that the PFC shrinks in addicted drinking, but Marc Lewis says ‘it’s more accurate to say there is a loss of synapses in certain areas’.
