Alcohol

What is alcohol?

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Alcoholic problems

Alcohol is a legal, sedative drug which changes

the way we feel. Pure alcohol is a colorless, odorless and inflammable fluid. Alcohol is a drug and
it doesnt contain any nutrients for the body.

Signs
When you drink too much, the signs are:

How can alcohol affect your body?

Lying about.

Drinking to relax.

Neglecting your responsibilities.

Having trouble in your relationships.

Drinking in dangerous situations.

Being able to drink more than you used to.

Blacking out.

Drinking too much can take a serious toll on your health.

Alcohol affects your brain because it interferes with

the brains communication pathways and can affect
the way the brain looks and works. These disruptions
can change mood and behaviour.
It affects your heart and causes cardiomyopathy,
arrhythmias, stroke and high blood pressure.

Alcohol affects your liver and causes steatosis, alcoholic hepatitis, fibrosis, cirrhosis.

Alcohol causes the pancreas to produce toxic substances.

Alcohol can increase your risk of developing certain

Symptoms

Depression.

Persistent insomnia.

Nausea or vomiting.

Health risks
The health risks are:

Cancer.

Stomach problems.

High blood pressure.

Sexual problems.

Osteoporosis.

The symptoms are:

Headache.

Fatigue.

Hallucinations.

Tremors.

Extreme anxiety.

Advice to quit it
You can go on:
Behavioral treatments whixh are aimed at changing drinking behavior through counseling. They are led by health professionals
and supported by studies showing they can be beneficial.
Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12 step programs provide peer
support for people cutting back on their drinking. Combined with

cancers, for example cancers of the mouth, esopha-

treatment led by health professionals, mutual-support groups can

gus, throat, liver, breast.

offer a valuable added layer of support.

Drinking too much can weaken your immune system,

making your body a much easier target for diseases.