Chronic Alcoholism is associated with crime, car accidents,homicide, and suicide. One of the sayings of the popular supportgroup alcoholics anonymous is that the path of an alcoholic isalways jail or death from alcoholism. They leave out a third, morefrightening prospect: Korsakoff’s syndrome. For chronic alcoholicswho survive their binges, dementia is a third less pleasantconsequence.Korsakoff’s syndrome is caused by thiamine deficiency in thebrain. Thiamine is also commonly referred to as Vitamin B1. It’s alot more important than it sounds. A chronic deficiency of VitaminB1 leads to the symptoms of Korsakoff’s syndrome. These symptomscan be best described as alcoholic dementia. If severe enough, thesyndrome renders the individual unable to take care of themselves.Many people with Korsako