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Alcohol interferes with the brains communication pathways, and can affect the way the
brain looks and works. This can change mood and behavior, and make it harder to think
clearly and move with coordination.
Drinking a lot over a long time or too much on a single occasion can damage the heart,
causing problems including: stretching and drooping of heart muscle
(Cardiomyopathy ), irregulaar heart beat, stroke and high blood pressure.
Heavy drinking affects the liver, and can lead to a variety of problems and liver
inflammations including steatosis, or fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis, fibrosis and
cirrhosis
Alcohol causes the pancreas to produce toxic substances that can eventually lead to
pancreatitis, which is inflammation and swelling of the blood vessels in the pancreas that
prevents proper digestion.
Drinking too much alcohol can increase your risk of developing cancer, including cancers
of the throat, oesophagus, liver and breasts.
Drinking too much can weaken your immune system, making your prone to
disease. Chronic drinkers are more liable to contract diseases like pneumonia.
Heavy drinking can cause epilepsy and can trigger seizures even in
people who don't have epilepsy. It can also interfere with the action of
the medications used to treat convulsions.
alcohol is a diuretic it acts on the kidneys to make you pee out much
more than you take in
of severe alcoholic hepatitis . At this stage if alcohol use is not curbed completely, the
person may die from liver failure. In the most serious cases of cirrhosis, a liver transplant
may only be considered if the person does not drink alcohol for at least three months
Jaundice, vomiting blood, fatigue, weakness, loss of appetite, swelling of the legs ankles,
or abdomen, bleeding in the gutin, creased sensitivity to alcohol and drugs, both medical
and recreational (because the liver cannot process them) are some of the late symptoms of
liver disease, when the disease is in its serious, final stages.
Social implication means: how does what a person do effect the society/
people in the area, and how does the society treat the person for their action.
Alcohol is a part of various different cultures world over. Alcohol use such as drinking
champagne is associated with celebration and formal occasions in many societies. It is
also considered to be a constructor of intapersonal relationships. It is however a
dangerous substance and leads to various negative effects on society.
Wider society:
Because alcohol impairs good judgment, clouds a person's thinking skills and self
control, it leads to irrational or dangerous behaviour which is risky and hurtful for the
society at large. Alcohol abuse is connected to risky sexual activity such as rapes, and
violent crime also. Alcohol is also one of the main causes of automobile accidents as the
driver is disoriented and cannot react quickly to traffic changes. These happenings lead to
a disturbed, unhealthy society.
Social Circle:
People use alcohol to help them relax and deal with stressful social situations such as
tense family matters or overcome nervousness when they need to attend social events,
work or dating. Alcohol use leads to psychological problems like anxiety and depression,
as alcohol is a depressant, thus, people may initially over-drink in order to overcome their
depression, but the more they drink, the more depressed they become. People who abuse
alcohol, often behave in ways (alcohol damages the brain and impairs sense and
sensibility) that cause others to ostracize them from them society. The alcoholics
themselves withdraw from society as a result of depression. This not only disturbs the
social structure but also their own social lives are destroyed.
Personal social life (family, close friends):
Over usage of alcohol negatively effects the user's personality. Increased irritability,
irrationality, poor judgment and reasoning being some of the effects. This sort of
behaviour ruins the person's relationships with others. It leads to serious domestic
violence - verbal and physical abuse of the spouse and the children and is also
responsible for the breaking up of marriages. Children living with an alcoholic have
lower grades, higher rates of depression and frequently feel socially isolated as a result of
poor treatment, possible abuse and living in fear of the alcoholic's behaviour at home