Effects of Alcohol

Alcohol means something different for every person. Some find it as a way to have a nice connection and bond between people, some use it as depressant, some use it to have fun, and for others it might just be a social habit. It is when people abuse it that it becomes a problem. People get addicted to it and it causes problems for them and the people around them, in any situation. No one wants to hold back a friends hair because they drank too much at a party, and no one wants to deal with drunk people and their actions. It is harmful to the body as well as the people around alcoholics.

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Drinking a lot of alcohol can cause damage to the brain, heart, liver, and pancreas. Most people know that it causes damage to your brain. When people are under the influence, their reaction time is much slower; that is why drunk people aren’t allowed to drive cars. Essentially, people’s cognitive abilities are lowered. They become very talkative and inappropriate due to the alcohols affect of the cerebral cortex. People will start to feel all sorts of emotion due to the alcohol’s affect on the hippocampus. This is a big key on peoples mood when they drink. If they were happy before they were drinking typically they are a “happy drunk,” if someone was sad and depressed, that person would be sad and depressed for the time at which they were drunk. Also memory becomes hazy; it messes with peoples ability to control their actions and then remember it. Also, drunks tend to not have much balance. That is why people tend to fall over more and why if someone was pulled over for drunk driving the officer will tell the driver to walk in a straight line. Balance has to do with the cerebellum. The fact that alcohol is able to do all of that is scary.

A common thing that can occur with alcoholism is damage to the liver. The job of the liver is to detoxify the body. When people put toxins like alcohol into the body it causes oxidative stress. This is when our liver does its job and tries to break down the alcohol, which creates a chemical reaction that can damage the cells. Another is that alcohol can do damage to our intestine and that could let the toxins from our gut bacteria get into our liver. Both things can lead to liver cancer or liver disease.

There are not only short-term effects of alcohol, but there are long term effects that could be life threatening. It is okay to casually drink, but becoming an alcoholic is easy and so is abusing it.

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2 thoughts on “Effects of Alcohol

  1. zrl5024

    Evidence is key when writing about a relationship between a substance and the human body. How much is to much that damage can occur? Is moderation the answer or is it better to simply not drink? Also you mention how drunks lack balance, but why is that exactly? The post has helpful information, but could be strengthened with some more detail and facts to support the claim about alcohol.

  2. Amanda Strassler

    I know that excessive alcohol consumption is bad for you, so I believe your blog post, but there aren’t a studies or statistics to back up your facts. It would be helpful to reference scientific studies that researched the harmful affects of alcohol consumption.

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