Imagine being a part of one of the major issues in society today, having the choice to oppose it, yet you end up joining it. Or imagine going home one night to a family member that isn't acting themselves, is throwing up, and looks horrible; then it becomes a regular thing. Every night, the same routine over and over. Then one night they don't come home; you get a call the next morning "Hello?" "sir/ma'am, This is the deputy, I'm sorry to inform you that your loved one has been in a terrible accident due to the influence of alcohol and has unfortunately been pronounced brain dead." Abusing alcohol is not something to take lightly. Alcohol can affect the abusers, their peers, and the society in a number of ways. The number of abusers will just increase if people are not informed on it earlier. Many people see alcohol as a good way to "celebrate, play games, relax, …show more content…
Heart effects: Cardiomyopathy-stretching of heart muscle and Strings, Arrhythmias, irregular heartbeat, stroke, and high blood pressure, Liver effects: Steatosis(Fatty liver), Alcoholic hepatitis, fibrosis, cirrhosis. Pancreas effects: Alcohol causes the pancreas to produce toxic substances that can lead to pancreatitis. (Swelling of blood vessels in the pancreas that prevents digestion.) Cancers: Mouth, esophagus, throat, liver, and breasts. Peers have a great influence on alcohol and have a great effect from alcohol. The people around you can affect you just as much as you can affect them. "The abuser is harmful to their peers as their peers are harmful to them." -Joseph E. Peers are what generally turn the abusers to alcohol. They pressure the person to keep on drinking as if it's okay to do so. The abuser is harmful to their peers because they can become violent/say stuff you don't mean/or miss out on important dates, work, or
Drinking can have a lot of bad effects. It can go from getting arrested to ruining your life. It has broken many families up form alcohol abuse. I have personally seen it happen to several.
Liver disease resulting from alcohol affects more than two million Americans and is one of the primary causes of illness and death. The liver frees the body of harmful substances, such as alcohol. While the liver breaks down alcohol, it produces toxins that can be even more dangerous than the alcohol consumed (“Beyond Hangovers: Understanding Alcohol's Impact on Your Health” 13). “These by-products damage liver cells, promote inflammation, and weaken the body’s natural defenses. Eventually, these problems can disrupt the body’s metabolism and impair the function of other organs” (“Beyond Hangovers: Understanding Alcohol’s Impact on Your Health” 13).
Increased abuse of alcohol leads to physical damage to the body. Alcohol is absorbed directly into the brain, dulling one’s senses and weakling one's will power. According to the article from the Mayo Clinic Health Information, “Excessive use of alcohol can produce several harmful effects on your brain and nervous system. It also can severely damage your liver, pancreas and cardiovascular system. Alcohol use in pregnant women can damage the fetus” (Mayo 1). Continued ingestion of alcohol affects every organ in the body. Every organ in the body is affected. The liver has serious effects that may lead to cirrhosis and death.. At first the liver adapts and tolerates alcohol. It works harder and finally damages itself in time. Alcohol leads the liver to the inability to metabolize facts. Furthermore, it leads to increase in cholesterol and triglycerides leading to clogged arteries. Red blood cells are also affected leading the individual to become anemic.
Many people that are alcoholics generally encounter heart attacks and liver disease. When you start to encounter a heart attack you will suddenly start to feel agony in your heart. Heart attacks can be threatening because it will cause you to suffer so much pain and the pain doesn’t go away even when you are resting and taking medicine. Heart attacks occurs when the coronary artery obtains a blood clots that clogs up the blood flow to the heart which cause the muscles in the heart to weaken and eventually causes the heart fail. Now when you encounter liver disease you are rolling toward a world of trouble you will start to lose weight, lose energy, and ect but it can get worst. Some alcoholics get the liver disease after many years of heavily consuming alcohol. Alcoholics can also encounter cancer in mouth & throat but not many alcoholics develop cancer from heavy drinking, it develop most when you smoke acreage of tobacco. Cancer in the throat is basically when the cells in your throat develops a genetic mutation. Cancer in the mouth is when the cells in your lips have a genetic
Who doesn’t like a nice pint of icy cold and refreshing beer, especially here in California, where it is so hot outside all year long. But unfortunately, not everybody realizes how much more there is to this magnificent drink, than our favorite Coronas on a nice summer day. Ales, porters, stouts, lagers, pilsners, lambic, and a whole lot more different confusing names and absolutely different flavor profiles may make your night at a brewery bar a complete nightmare if you don’t know your beers. However, it’s never too late to learn, become a beer expert in your group of friends. You will realize how incredibly different every single type of beer is and what food you can pair it with for an exceptional experience.
Alcohol has been produced and consumed by humans throughout history. Alcohol has been a socially accepted factor throughout many years. It may be legal, but it is still a drug. Consuming alcohol can be a savor experience, but consuming too much can cause long term problems to the body and the developing brain. Drinking alcohol is like hiking a mountain, the higher you go up the harder it gets.
Excessive drinking can cause a lot of bothersome to your heart. Women who drink more than men at a higher rate of heart failure. Circulatory system problems are poison heart muscle cells, strange heartbeat, hypertension, cerebrovascular accident, myocardial infarction, and heart failure. Individuals with diabetes mellitus have a higher risk of hypoglycemia levels, especially if they use insulin
Alcoholics will live day by day struggling with compulsive drinking disease. Everyone thinks it’s all fun and games drinking and partying with their friends when they are younger, but they do not realize the effects of what alcoholism does to your body until it is unfortunately too late. In my opinion, alcohol abuse is the deadliest disease out there, before you know it alcohol takes over your body and your life. Everything around you will eventually revolve around alcohol, you will start to distance yourself from your loved ones which can result in a separation, you can lose your job, and the worst part about it is that you are destroying your body. After years of constant alcohol use you will start to have liver failure.
Alcohol abuse is when you use alcohol too much or too often. You may use alcohol to make yourself feel happier or to reduce stress.
This includes the following confusion or disorientation, vomiting, hypothermia, inability to stay conscious, cold or clammy skin, lack of physical coordination, including unable to walk, irregular pulse, depressed breathing, seizure, choking, loss of bowel or bladder control, and blue-tinged skin, especially around the lips or underneath finger nails. This is how alcohol poisoning effects the body it slows brain function, starting with balance and coordination, but eventually affecting other body systems, irritating the stomach and causing vomiting. It stops gas reflects as muscle lose sensitivity and coordination, which can leave the individual to choke on their own vomit, affecting the nerves that control heartbeat and breathing, which can cause these functions to slow down, become irregular, or stop all together. It can also drastically lowering blood sugar, leading to seizures, lowering body temperature which can cause hyperthermia, and dehydrating the body, which can lead to brain
...tion. It has not only short-term effects but long-term ones as well. Alcohol can lead to serious problems with the central nervous system, blood, muscles, the liver, and more. Underage drinking is a huge problem that needs to be taken seriously and no one should ever feel pressured into drinking in order to look cool or fit in. One could only wish that more people were educated on the issue and maybe it would be taken more seriously than it is right now.
The liver can also develop cancer. From prolonged drinking your heart can become enlarged and the muscles become weak which can cause a condition called alcoholic cardiomyopathy. Alcoholic cardiomyopathy can ultimately result in heart failure. A publication written by Janet Barwell and Matthew Solan on Health line which was reviewed by George Krucik
Alcohol has been known to tear apart families, because in some cases, a dad has had too many drinks and abuses someone in the family. Whether it be a kid, or a spouse, if they were not intoxicated with alcohol this event could likely be avoided. Alcohol makes the user make rash decisions and decide to do things they would not normally do. For example, a less violent father. A father typically would not beat his children unless they disobeyed him and he would discipline them. But when alcohol is thrown into the mix then the father might take out all of his anger and stress out on his family members who did nothing against him to provoke him. Alcohol takes away someone’s control and ability to make smart decisions, for this exact reason alcohol can affect families in more than one negative way. One way that alcohol affects the family is neglect of responsibilities (American Addiction Center ). If an adult is drunk all of the time this will restrict their thinking and actions. Being drunk most of the time, often results in a lot more problems for the family itself. Drinking too much alcohol will more than likely result in a hangover. Hangover’s will cause an adult to not do their job fully, or they would call out and not go to work because the hangover was so bad. Which in turn calling out of work and not showing up to work leads to them either getting fired or quitting a job. Then the parent cannot provide for his or her family, basically, neglecting their family for alcohol and prioritizing alcohol over their own flesh and blood. Alcohol can tear apart a family very easily, just by bringing out the abusive side of a parent and eventually leading to the kid or kids getting taken away or beaten to death. The sad truth is in some cases the abusive parent does not mean to hurt the child, and when they sober up they finally realize the big mistake that they have made. Alcohol affects teenagers when they start
Specific Purpose: After listening to my speech, my audience will know how alcohol is made and how it affects humans negatively and positively.
"Because time and amount of drinking are uncontrollable, the alcoholics is likely to engage in such behaviors as [1] breaking family commitments, both major and minor; [2] spending more money than planned; [3] drinking while intoxicated and getting arrested; [4] making inappropriate remarks to friends, family, and co-workers; [5] arguing, fighting and other anti-social actions. The alcoholic would probably neither do such things, nor approve of them in others unless he was drinking" (Johnson 203).