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Alcohol
A silent drug
Why people drink alcohol? Make people feel more relaxed
Make people release their inhibitions
Make people enjoy themselves
Mix and interact with other people
Alcohol is quickly absorbed through the wall of the stomach, then is carried all over the body in the blood
It is broken down by the liver which takes a very long time
Alcohol does have many effects on the body which can be very dangeorous if
care is not taken.
Effects of alcohol drinking
It is a depressant
Lengthens reaction time
Increase agression in some people
Can kill
Damages the liver
Social implications
It is Depressant Alcohol is a depressant, which
means that even small amounts of alcohol slow down the actions of parts of the brain.
Lengthens reaction timeMany road accidents are caused by drunk people that’s
why we shouldn’t drink alcohol if we are going to drive
Example:
Aggression in peopleAlcohol increases people’s feelings of aggression, and
releases their inhibitions so that they are more likely to be violent.
Example:
Can Kill
Every year people die as a result of drinking a lot of alcohol over a short period of time, this can result unconsciousness, coma or even death.
Damages the liver
Parts of the body Damaged
Liver , because its job is breaking down drugs in the body. This liver disease resulting from alcohol damage may finish in CIRRHOSIS
The brain, it can cause a loss of memory and confusion. One way in which the damage is done is that alcohol in the body fluids draws water out of cells by OSMOSIS.
Dangerous DiseasesAlcohol is a disease in which a person cannot manage
without alcohol.
Probably, there are many factor which decide whether or not a person becomes alcoholic or not
Drinking large amounts causes many parts of the body to be damage because It is poisonous to cells
ToleranceThe body’s response to prolonged exposure to liquor
Its ability to both metabolize liquor, as well as its ability to rebound from its effects.
Tolerance increases incrementally as consumption of liquor continues over a period of years.
Dependence: the body simultaneously requires larger and larger quantities of liquor to achieve the desired effect.
Typically tolerance leads to dependence
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