Alcohol has been one of the most consistent and unavoidable dangerous consumption across the world. Infact, it has become sign of respect, pride and dignity. Many corporate entities promote alcohol consumption.
Living in a dry-state, I have witnessed consumption of alcohol here too. People are so much addicted to alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, that they can live without their basic necessities, but not without these harmful consumptions.
With more than 25 million deaths a year attributed to the harmful use of alcohol. Here are some facts, I want to highlight about consumption of alcohol.
SOME FACTS:
People believe that drinking alcohol helps them with their problems.
- Temporarily, alcohol may do this but in the end, it causes a multitude more problems than it can help someone forget about. In addition, when the alcohol is gone the problems remain.
Some people think drinking is cool.
- While the image of drinking may be cool to some people, drinking and getting drunk causes a person to do extremely un-cool things.
Social pressures cause some people to begin to drink.
- Particularly young people or college age students can be pressured by their peers to begin drinking. Once they start drinking, the friends are no longer there to help them deal with the addiction aspect of the alcohol.
Alcohol helps the body to stay warm when it is cold outside.
- In actuality, the effects of alcohol on the body make the body temperature drop and it is extremely difficult for the body to warm itself up again.
Many people believe that alcohol makes them more creative.
- In actuality, alcohol makes a person feel more creative but it takes away the brains ability to think new thoughts and come up with new ideas. Once the alcohol wears off the person will realized that it did nothing for them. Many times this will cause a depression that forces them to drink again. This causes the downward spiral toward alcoholism.
DISADVANTAGES - GENERAL
- Time spent drunk is generally unproductive time.
- Being drunk impairs decision making and leads one to take risks which he otherwise would not take.
- Being drunk leads some but not all people to become angry and violent.
- Prolonged or extreme alcohol use can kill brain cells and damage other parts of the body as well.
- Being drunk impairs the ability to operate vehicles or machinery.
- For some, drinking can be highly addictive and it can be very difficult for these people to stop drinking once they start.
- You can spend a lot of money drinking that would be better spent otherwise.
- In general, some people have problems in their life when they drink that they don't have otherwise.
DISADVANTAGES - HEALTH
- Those who drink too much are at a much higher risk of developing many different kinds of cancer, as well as heart disease and strokes.
- Alcohol consumption can cause blood pressure to increase.
- The risk of having a stroke increases dramatically within the first hour after you drink an alcohol beverage.
- Heavy drinking can inhibit the formation of new bone cells called Osteoblast decreasing bone formation and leading to low bone mass.
- Alcohol-induced liver disease is a major cause of illness and death.
- Psychiatric problems:
1. Suicidal ideation
2. Depression
3. Anxiety
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