Alcohol

Hello everyone! I hope you are doing well :). I know I said that the last post it was going to be the last one, but I have this pending topic, so here goes the last post for real.

Have you ever tried any drug of abuse? Why was it for? In this post I'm going to talk about alcohol, a drug of abuse that I have tried, which has its pros and cons, which effects in our brain and body have been and still being studied by Biochemistry, a drug that it is legal but that doesn't make it any less drug. 

I have tried alcohol in celebrations with my family. My family uses to drink alcohol in special occasions and I have tried what they are drinking in those opportunities. I have liked the flavour of the other things that are accompanying alcohol, but I don´t like the flavour of alcohol, so I prefer to drink the same that they are drinking but without alcohol or, more currently, I prefer to drink juice.

Talking about the advantages, one of the most supported benefits of alcohol for moderate drinkers (one glass a day for women and two glasses a day for men) is that reduces the risk of suffering a cardiovascular disease.

Now talking about the cons, it has negative effects if it is consumed in a high doses at once and also if currently, producing addiction and also alcohol withdrawal once stopped the consume of it. 

The negative effects on a person who has drunk a lot of alcohol could be slurred speech, vomiting, breathing difficulties, impaired judgement, decreased coordination, unconsciousness, blackouts and coma. I don't know any alcoholic, but I and maybe you too, have seen some people in this situations when they get drunk. 

Now a long term consume of alcohol leads to unintentional and intentional injuries, increased family problems, broken relationships, alcohol poisoning, high blood pressure, stroke, and other heart-related diseases, liver disease, nerve damage, sexual problems, permanent damage to the brain, vitamin B1 deficiency (which can lead to a disorder characterised by amnesia, apathy and disorientation), ulcers, gastritis, malnutrition, and mouth or throat cancer. 

If the subject has been consuming a high doses of alcohol during a long time and he or she stops drinking overnight, he or she will probably have alcohol withdrawal which is a series of symptoms due to his/her nervous system was unused to work without alcohol going around. These symptoms could go from medium intensity, such as anxiety, vomiting and shaky hands, to high intensity, such as confusion, racing heart and high blood pressure.

These are only the effects of alcohol, but they are very similar or lead to the same consequenses in the society than any drug of abuse, wich are: loss of family, violence inside and outside the house, money problems, loss of job, troubles at school, relationships problems, child abuse or neglect, crowded institutions (such as public health systems and jails), crime increase, more vehicular accidents and environmental pollution (the last one is more related to the production of methamphetamine). 

As we can see, the benefits of drinking alcohol are very few compared with all its negative effects, so make sure that you are a moderate drinker.

(...) Wine has robbed my people of their understanding.

Hosea 4:11 (New Living Translation)

Have a nice day and God bless you!

Here below you can find the wepages where a got the information for writing this blog.

http://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/alcohol/short-term-long-term-effects.html

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/alcohol-full-story/#possible_health_benefits

https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/alcohol-withdrawal-symptoms-treatments#1

https://easyread.drugabuse.gov/content/effects-drugs

https://www.thecabinchiangmai.com/the-impacts-of-substance-addictions-on-society/
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