I know this is probably a long shot but the keywords throw up that much noise that I cannot find anything to prove or disprove it so I'm going to ask.
I quit smoking in July last year. I had been a casual smoker for 30 years mostly when drinking. Towards the end I found that I was smoking more, including a few when not drinking which is why I quit. Shortly afterwards I began to notice that I would have memory blackouts when drinking. This has been present now for around 10 months. FWIW, I have always been able to hold my drink and rarely have issues remembering things. Nowadays, anything after 4 or so pints and the memory starts to diminish. After 6 I have little recall from that point onwards. It is not drink specific or food related. The only thing I can identify is stopping smoking. I am aware that nicotine is neuroprotective which made me wonder if it could be a [the] factor.
I'd appreciate pointing towards any thing related to this or other causes of sudden onset recall issues related to alcohol consumption - other than the generalised avoid alcohol rhetoric.
TYIA