The Dangers Of Drugs And Alcohol

The mouth is the first affected, alcohol can cause significant damage to the salivary glands, gums, and tongue. Heavy drinkers may begin to notice tooth decay. Next the esophagus is affected which can cause ulcers to form and arise in the stomach as well. The American Addiction Center states, “Cirrhosis of the liver is a condition that results in scarring of the liver tissue… scarred tissue cannot perform the proper functions that healthy liver tissue can such as cleaning the blood and helping to fight infection.” An individual’s immune system is greatly affected by the use of alcohol. Pancreatitis can form by the abuse of alcohol. Alcohol can cause changes in the function of the kidneys and make them less able to filter the blood that runs through them. The heart is the most important organ in the body and is also greatly affected by alcohol. The American Addiction Center says, “Some of the effects alcohol can have on this organ include: heartbeat irregularity, increased blood pressure, stroke, stretching of the heart muscle.” Stretching of the heart muscle can make it too weak to pump blood efficiently throughout the body. Alcohol can also cause certain cancers to arise in people who abuse the use of it. The American Cancer Society states that, “Alcohol use has been linked with cancers of the: Mouth, Throat (pharynx), Voice box (larynx), Esophagus, Liver, Colon and rectum, Breast. Alcohol may also increase the risk of cancers of the pancreas and stomach.” The more frequently one drinks the more likely they are to getting any of these cancers. Alcohol can have specific affects towards a woman’s body and bodiely functions. The American Addiction Center states, “A woman can see the disruption of her menstrual cycle due to alcohol abuse, and menstruation can even stop completely.” This can cause a woman to not be able to have children. Abuse of alcohol can destroy ones body and life in only a

Often, the alcohol will bring out a violent temper and often, alcoholics abuse, physically and mentally, their friends and family. Drinking makes the drinker feel he is more confident. The drinker thinks he is in control, even if a little high, and he might get behind the wheel of his car and go for a drive. Drunk driving is deadly. Hundreds of thousands of people get killed every year due to drunk driving.(Castro 60) Other physical effects of drinking are vomiting, passing out and sometimes, if enough alcohol is consumed over a long enough period of time, or if mixed with other drugs, death.

4) The general effects of alcohol on the brain are blurred vision, weakened motor skills, blurred vision, slurred speech, slowed reaction times and impaired memory. In the liver alcohol causes fat deposits to develop in the liver and cause inflammation even eventually liver disease. Similarly, in the pancreas prolonged use can cause inflammation which yields vomiting, fever, weight loss, and is potentially fatal. Lastly, in the kidneys alcohol can increase the risk of high blood pressure developing in chronic kidney disease.

Heavy drinking also makes platelets more likely to jumble up together into blood clots which eventually leads to a heart

4. The general effects of alcohol on the brain is difficulty walking, blurred vision, slurred speech, slowed reaction times, impaired memory and screwed judgment making skills. On other parts of the body it can cause liver damage and eventually liver disease. However if you already have a pre-existing condition it can cause even more damage. Long-term alcohol use can also result in high blood pressure, which increases a person's risk of heart disease. The Underhill’s could have been drinking for many years and this could have caused high blood pressure in both of them.

Many people don't know how to drink responsibly so that could lead to binge drinking. If you drink a lot you will do things you don't want to do, like drink and drive which could possibly kill someone including you. Drinking irresponsibly can lead to violent behavior which could put others at risk. Also for violent behavior and drinking+driving could get you in jail.

Alcohol consumption affects every aspect of the human body, specifically the brain, liver, central nervous system, pancreas, stomach, and increased cancer risks.

Alcohol results in unstable movement, and it changes an individual’s awareness and doesn’t let them think clearly and distorts their judgment, black outs and impairs their vision and hearing. Depressants, back in the day were used as a sleep aid. An overconsumption of alcohol can lead to the substance becoming a depressant. There are many different forms and types of alcohol but the ethanol is what causes an individual to become addicted to drinking. The effects that alcohol has on the central nervous system starts When alcohol arrives in the brain it binds with the GABA receptors that are in charge of transmitting information from each synapse so it prevents the GABA from following through with transmitting information. And it also fixes itself with glutamate, thus causing the glutamate to not recycle through the cell. This slows everything down leading the individual to react slowly to things and causes decreased cognitive function, decreased reflexes, and decreased coordination. Which then causes the individual to have impaired judgment and decision making due the brains receptor sites being blocked by the alcohol (Sullivan, Harris, & Pfefferbaum, 2010). The larger the dose of alcohol the more extreme the effects are. With a larger dose of alcohol, the individual has very poor fine motor skills and is emotional and seizures are likely. The rest of the alcohol goes through the liver and metabolizes breaking down the toxicity within your body but the more alcohol that the individual drinks the harder it is on their liver which can also cause liver failure (Capuzzi & Stauffer,

The effects of drinking can change from person to person depending on the personality of the drinker. Some of the people who drink have tempers or they may have violent outbursts, some may assault, just may relax and make themselves comfortable, but there are the dumb drinkers who get so drunk they will jump off a house if their friends tell them it would be funny and convinces them to do it. Drinking too much can weaken your immune system, making your body a much easier target for disease. Most people drink to forget something that has happened to them or they are trying to get rid of the pain and suffering they are going through. The effects of drinking under the age twenty-one is the increased risk of physical or sexual assault. Drinking

Alcoholism can take a toll on a person’s body, it can affect the mind, heart and most well known the liver. Alcohol can interfere with the brain’s ability to function, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is a long term effect on the brain that can cause lack of coordination as well as learning and memory problems. Alcohol also effects the heart, it can cause cardiomyopathy which is the stretching and drooping of the heart muscles, stroke, irregular heart beat and even high blood pressure. The liver is the most known organ to be affected, cirrhosis of the liver is when the alcohol consumed over time leads to the healthy liver

When drinking alcohol, alcoholics know some side effects. What they dont know is how it damages the brain. Brain disease is one of the many side effects. Alcohol also affects the liver, lungs, heart and cells.

The abuse of alcohol over long periods of time may also cause diseases such as cirrhosis, acute alcohol hepatitis, and the most severe liver disease. Cirrhosis is a disease in which the liver becomes so scarred that the patient lacks sufficient healthy tissue to perform the organ?s functions. Once you?ve got it, you are stuck with it. (Gross, 6) The worst thing about these diseases is that you will not know you have them unless you are medically examined on a regular basis. Alcohol consumption is a large contributor to the development of several types of cancer- mostly dealing with the neck and brain. We know that cancer kills and therefore it is safe to say that in some cases, alcohol can be deadly. It is important to realize that alcoholism is a disease. A heavy drinker will experience the effects of withdrawal syndrome (which include hypertension, anxiety, disorientation, hallucinations, and seizures) if he decides to stop drinking. Being addicted to alcohol is similar to being addicted to any other drug in that once one starts using, it is tough to live without. It is also a ?gateway drug? just as marijuana and other sedatives. (Bennett, Woolf, 13-23)

There are some long-term effects on the body due to the abuse of alcohol. You can end up with brain damage, and dementia. Common disease resulting from excessive alcohol consumption are pancreatitis, gastritis, hepatitis, cirrhosis of the liver, and heart disease. Alcoholics are also at risk for developing cancer in the mouth, throat, esophagus and even the liver. You can also develop psychiatric problems such as depression and anxiety which may lead to suicide. Woman who are pregnant shouldn’t drink alcohol because it will cause damage to the fetus.

Effects of alcohol include difficulties making desicoions, and a slow reaction time. However, this is just a portion of the dangerous things alcohol can do to you. Alcohol also affects your liver, nervous system and heart - this happens when ethanol enters your bloodstream. When ethanol enters your bloodstream, it slows you down - increasing your risk of accidents, attacking others - and even pregnancy as you may make extremely unsafe decisions.

While drinking might make you feel good now, if you abuse that alcohol it may lead to serious complications later. Heavy drinking is defined as consuming four or more drinks in a day for women and five or more drinks in a day for men (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2010). Alcohol is considered a depressant, so it is only seen fit that one of the chief effects of alcohol on the brain is to depress central nervous system functioning. In turn it may be why major depressive disorders occur in those who abuse alcohol. If the alcohol abuse continues over a period it intensifies into an alcohol dependency. Alcohol has effects on the body both mentally and physically. After a certain limit alcohol will slur your speech, increase your reaction time, and make you lose co-ordination. Alcohol consumption, particularly long-term alcohol dependence has many physiological ricks to consider, such as permanent damage to the brain, alcoholic liver disease, pancreatitis, alcohol poisoning