This alters a person’s perceptions, emotions, movement, vision and hearing. In very small amounts, alcohol can help a person feel relaxed or less anxious. Commonly seen after traumatic events such as death and divorce people drink to calm themselves down or to relieve stress. Expert’s theorized alcohol is addictive because of three main reasons the first is that alcohol is very addictive, the more the body gets the more it wants. A family history of addiction provides a great risk of being an alcoholic.
The statistic related to health care and crime issues would improve if a new alcohol consumption license could be revoked in case it was related to a crime or an accident, and if the written exam to obtain it would demand that future drinkers proove their knowledge of all devastating effects of alcohol on the human body and our society as a whole. However, this assumes a number of circumstances about alcohol drinkers lifestyle. First, there is an assumption that most people, and specially alcohol drinkers, care enough about their health to control themselves while drinking and to avoid alcohol abuse. This is not completely true. Since decades ago, there have been a lot of publications and special reports about how bad is alcohol for the body and how it increase the risk for many deceases, and many people still drink a lot.
If smoking is the leading cause of one of the leading causes of death, it surprises me that people still do it. Stroke, accidents, Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes are the causes of death in the middle of the list. A stroke happens when blood flow to a part of the brain stops. Stroke can have permanent damage on a person causing that person to lose their ability to speak or move like they used to, it can also be fatal. Accidents or unintentional injuries are getting more and more common.
Imagine what could happen to the more immature teenagers when they get drunk. Today I’d like to talk about firstly, the effects of alcohol, secondly, different ways you can die by being effected by alcohol, and finally, the effects of alcohol on the young, growing body. Like any drug, alcohol can be addictive, and damaging. It can affect many parts of our bodies in the short and long term. Firstly, let me talk about the short term: 1.
This organ is responsible for breaking down alcohol; it is largely vulnerable to alcohol- associated injuries. Although the risks associated with light to moderate drinking are not necessarily different from the risks associated with abstaining; thus the commonness of diseases of the liver and pancreas is associated primarily with heavy drinking (Rehm, 2011). Heavy drinking for as little as a few days can lead to “fatty” liver, the earliest stage of alcohol liver disease and most common alcohol induced liver disorder ("Alcohol and liver," n.d.). Too
The Harmful Effects of Drinking and Driving Don’t think Drinking and driving is ok, you will get caught and pay the consequences. There are many harmful effects of drinking and driving. One prime example is of Tom Boyle who killed Brian Colgan in a drunk driving accident in 1995. He said "People need to be aware that what happened to me can happen to you. I had never thought about impaired driving as an issue in my youth, it wasn't a debate.
Some studies show that drinking a large amount of alcohol over a short period of time may be significantly worse for your health than frequently drinking small quantities. Getting very drunk can affect your physical and mental health: * Accidents and falls are common because being drunk affects your balance and co-ordination. You’re also more likely to suffer head, hand and facial injuries. Binge drinking has also been linked to self-harm. * In extreme cases, you could die.
This happens because the sudden elimination or decrease of a hormone in the body can lead to very serious health effects that can result to injury or even death. That is why discontinuation of anabolic steroids too quickly is an improper way to evade the effects of steroids as the withdrawal process comes with side effects of its own. These withdrawal symptoms are the long term effects that the athlete (steroid taking individual) will have to live with in the long run. Examples of some of these include apathy and depression, difficulty concentrating, insomnia, a decreased sex drive, joint and muscle pain &
Characteristics of Successful Programs Addiction is a complex but treatable disease that affects brain function and behavior. Drugs of abuse alter the brain’s structure and function, resulting in changes that persist long after drug use has ceased. This may explain why drug abusers are at risk for relapse even after long periods of abstinence and despite the potentially devastating consequences. No single treatment is appropriate for everyone. Treatment varies depending on the type of drug and the characteristics of the patients.
PHILO – READING AND WRITING I * The intent to cause harm or death is not what defines murder, it is recklessness ( reckless to drink and drive) Drunk driving is dangerous and can therefore be seen as a secondary degree of murder * Not the standard of driving that matters but the actual fact of driving whilst intoxicated (incapable of driving ) * Experts say that drinkers hit others 4 times as often as they are hit, drinking drivers kill themselves at a higher rate than the rest of the population * Ross had a different view: whilst the probability of a crash is 3 times higher for an intoxicated person, the absolute risk of a crash is still “only” in the order of 1 in 1000 and the risk of causing injury or death even lower. Counter this argument, bomb in empty building less dangerous? Potential harm is still there and increases, also an unjustified risk with human life. * Need to make a difference between the person who always drinks and drives and one who does it once. The first is a murderer and shows that he is aware of the risks he is taking.