Effects of Alcohol

November 21, 2021

Effects of Alcohol

Alcoholism is a difficult topic to explain to your family members and friends. Yet, more people are becoming alcoholic since the pandemic. Since the pandemic eighty percent of college age students abused alcohol consumption. Alcohol has destroyed family relationships, friendships, and social interactions as a society. It severely damages the brain by changing a person’s behaviors, actions, and in pairs the body from functioning well.

If the person is an alcoholic and has a mental health issue, he or she will feel worse. Alcohol does not make a person feel better about forgetting their problems. A person might get more aggressive, more sensitive, and grouchier. The brain will end up shrinking with more alcohol and more blackouts occur frequently. The person might have nerve damage due to the excess of alcohol as well as having difficulties in speaking.

Consuming alcohol as an escape tool is not good for the brain, the nervous system, and for the organs. The organ affected is the liver which is a difficult organ to find for transplants. The other organs affected is the heart, pancreas, and the esophagus. Alcohol also affects fertility for men and women. A person can recover from alcoholism over time while the addiction will always be there in the brain. Here are more resources about alcoholism.

What is Alcoholism-Learn About Alcohol Addiction:

https://www.alcohol.org/alcoholism/

Alcohol and the Brain-National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA):

https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohols-effects-health/alcohol-and-brain

Health Risks of Alcohol-Problems Caused By Chronic Heavy Drinking-WebMD:

https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/addiction-heavy-drinking

Diet for Recovering Alcoholics:

https://healthfully.com/diet-for-recovering-alcoholics-5666473.html