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Berniel Muniz Cardenales

Professor Reed

ENGL 1301

9 November 2023

Effects on Alcohol and how it ruins people's lives.

Stacy Mosel argues that substance abuse specialist, “Alcohol is the second most widely used

substance in the U.S... evidence subject that even drinking within recommend limits may

increase a person's overall risk of death from various causes...” (Effects of Alcohol on the Body).

Alcohol is not healthy for anyone; it has shocking damage to the human brain, cells, and mood

changes. By drinking that horrible poison, it not only affects themselves, but it also affects the

people around them and is not healthy for anyone. Alcohol is a crime, it hurts people or

themselves because they have been drinking too much and put them in jail, prison or life

sentences. Alcohol drinkers see alcohol as a normal drink, but they don't see how much damage

it causes and if people stop drinking this, people do not have to suffer and are healthier.

The effects of alcohol on people's body do not bring positivity in it. It damages

everyone's brain cells, and the worst part is that it cannot be fixed. It is permanent, meaning

people that drink alcohol won't be the same anymore. By just drinking a sip of it their life

changes forever, people think that alcohol doesn't do anything, but they are wrong, ill damage

many vital organ systems in their body for example: Liver causes permanent damage, Kidney

disrupts hormones that affect the function. The heart increases the heart rate and expands the

blood vessels, making more blood flow to the skin. The brain alters mood, slowing down

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reflexes and affecting balance. It also contributes to learning, memory, and sleep problems.

Digestive results in abdominal pain, bloating, and diarrhea. Underage drinking is also bad, when

drinking it experiences several detrimental effects on their developing brains and bodies like

impaired memory, disrupted growth, brain changes that last throughout life and other more

(Mosel 25).

Effects on the people and around them too are always going to be around. When people

are drunk, they do not control their feelings or how they act, and it is something normal when

being like that. For example, if people around the person that is drunk do something dumb, that

person gets aggressive and start attacking, by doing that, it causes a huge problem that even

police shall be involved in. In Pregnancy Stacy Mosel declares, “In fact, use of alcohol during

pregnancy is a leading preventable cause of developmental disabilities and birth defects” (24).

When the baby is born, it going to have disabilities because of drinking, and it can even kill the

kid. Alcohol weakens the immune system, that is something important because that protects all

the cells and organs. If that is damaged, then the body starts to get weak. When the immune

system is weak it causes an increased risk of diseases and infection like pneumonia, tuberculosis,

and respiratory syncytial virus. (Mosel 30).

Effects of alcohol on crime is something important to know because alcohol can be a

crime in any way by robbery, car accident, child abuse, sexual assault, and other more. Anon

states “Alcohol can play a significant role in criminal activities, with excessive

drinking having the ability to lower inhibitions, personal judgment, risk of aggressive behavior,

and that can be bad for the country.” Because alcohol being dreadful, innocent people die

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because those drunks cause the accident without notice and it is heartbroken for the family who

lost their loved ones. Car accident is the top of fatal death and including drink driving it puts it

by 31% (National Highway Traffic Safety Administrative). Almost all fatal crashes are

adolescence because they can be drinking while driving at night, or they get hit by a drunk

driver.

People have to agree to stop drinking that poisonous substance it kills people and hurts

others around them, is not healthy for the body because it can even give people overdose that is

when they drink a lot of alcohol it goes to peoples bloodstream causing the areas to shut down

like the brain control support functions, breathing, heart rate, and temperature control (NIAAA).

Prevent people from drinking it, save lives, and save those who consume alcohol.