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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
How does alcohol manage to "erase my memories" and what happens when it does (except me having to retrace my steps by going through my phone pictures)?

Please excuse the awkward phrasing of my question, English is not my first language.
gpt
The area of your brain responsibile for making memories is the hippocampus. In this part of the brain, neurons communicate with each other by means of several different neurotransmitters, serotonin and glutamic acids are among the most important for this discussion. The neurons in this area send these chemicals out, which bind to nearby neurons to propagate the signal. Alcohol, needless to say, fucks this shit all up. It binds to the receptors, but doesn't cause the nerve to propagate the signal. This is a blackout at the cellular level.

EDIT: This process is transferring short term memory to long term. You cannot easily recall from short term, which is where drunk memories are stored. Jogging your memories helps to recall the memories from short term, possibly leading them to be encoded into long term memory for you to enjoy for as long as you can remember.