The Effects of Drinking Alcohol Humans have consumed an alcoholic beverage since the ancient time. It was created by fermenting the fruit, grain, etc. Since prehistoric time, it has been used to worship the goddess in many countries. Later, people drink for many purposes such as entertain their life, boost the courage or socialize with others. However, consuming alcohol without knowing about its property is unsafe. Therefore, people should be aware of the positive and negative effects of alcohol intake. Blackouts are one of the results of drinking too much alcohol. When a person’s blood alcohol content (BAC) is increased to 0.15 or higher, blacking out may occur [1]. This symptom does not mean that people will always pass out. …show more content…
Testosterone is known as a hormone that will increase the sex drives of both sexes. The research by scientists from Italy and Japan shows that testosterone levels in the blood rise after drinking a suitable amount of alcohol [10]. In addition, the Italian researchers discover that drinking red wine can enhance the sexual desire [11]. Red wine will improve the blood flow in essential areas resulted in the higher levels of lust. Another advantage of alcohol consumption within a proper amount is reducing cardiovascular risk. The study from Cambridge University and University College London indicates that moderate drinkers have a lower risk of heart diseases compared to non-drinkers [12]. It was suggested that alcohol will raise the good cholesterol levels that will increase protein transportation through the body. This will diminish the atheroma (fatty deposit in an artery) that causes the blood clotting. In conclusion, drinking alcohol has both advantages and disadvantages. If people drink in a proper amount, it can increase the eroticism and decrease the cardiovascular diseases. Heavy drinking is the exact opposite, as it will produce many adverse effects like blacking out, driving ability reduction, obesity, and liver damage. Everything has its own benefit and detriment. If people understand about it, they can fully enjoy their life with favorite beverages without worrying about
Alcoholism is a brain disease and the earlier people start drinking, the worse the effects on the brain. A reason not to lower the drinking age is the reoccurance of binge drinking. Binge drinking, especially at a young age, can cause high blood pressure, obesity, and poor brain and body growth. Binge drinking also can cause death from heart attacks and alcohol poisoning.
First, alcohol makes person to feel happy and relax, but then later it cause confusion. The worse situation such as drunk may cause when people drink more alcohol than what they are allowed to drink. The average time of alcohol
Furthermore, drinking a lot of alcohol guide to alcohol poisoning which lead to
One major thing is Alcohol poisoning from a hard night of drinking can cause you to overdose on alcohol and basically die.. Binge drinkers are one of the majorities that are affected from alcohol poisoning. Binge drinkers take in an excessive amount of alcohol in a short period of time and then maybe wait for a month and do it again in one night. Excessive drinking from teens can suffer from blackouts and cause them to forget things very easily. Teens that do regularly drink hardcore are shown to have bad testing scores in school and perform bad in school in general.
Stop Drinking with these easy steps By David Peters Jul 26, 2008 Know When To Stop: If you decide to drink alcohol, you need to be responsible enough to know when you need to stop drinking. If you want to test your limits, make sure you do it at home with someone you trust so you can get an idea of when you should stop before you become out of control and unaware. Many people find that drinking any more than one drink in an hour can cause problems. Drink Slowly: If you are going to drink responsibly you need to be sure that you drink slowly. People get drunk quickly when they gulp down drinks and do not realize how much they are consuming.
Even though teens and young adults consume alcohol does not mean that it is a right thing to do, it can be dangerous and harmful to your body. To clarify, alcohol drinking can interfere with the development of the young adult brain. With that being said it can interfere with controlling anger, fear, and your happiness. The more permanent effects can be memory loss and weakness in your muscles and bones. In fact, lowering the drinking age would let more use of illegal drugs.
Alcohol is proven to cause significant brain damage as well as organ damage. After the age of 21, according to what doctors, organizations and scientific investigations
These are also many long term effects of drinking, specifically related to adolescents. As stated by the American Medical Association " The
Health issues for drinking can be a serious and damageable for you. Alcohol is like a poison that you are drinking. If drinking too much it might cause effects on your body including your heart or liver. Problems managing diabetes, high blood pressure and other conditions. The drinking causes many problems you must go the hospital.
Responsibility is one of the keywords to remember when consuming alcohol. Anything could happen when you 're under the influence, death, rape, and many more life-altering occurrences. One huge potential life-altering thing that could happen to you is brain damage. Drinking at a younger age increases the risk of brain damage. This is the only potentially bad risk that comes with drinking, but if consumed responsibly it will be okay
Drinking while driving not only affects the driver himself, his family and also passengers that may be riding with him and this person's family as well. And not to mention the other people and pedestrians that are on the road. When a person becomes a fatality they are not just a victim, their families suffer
The alcohol appears to be releasing endorphins, which promote social bonding. But nevertheless consuming alcohol harms your body and consuming alcohol to have more fun is just an excuse to drink, because you can also have fun without drinking
So they continously do the activity until such time that they realize that it has become an addiction without realizing that it is detrimental in their health. The misuse of alcohol does not only affect the concerned teenager but it also breaks relationship as wekk as the society in general in terms of violence and crime, accidents and drink-driving. To explore more on this issue, a studys conducted in Harvard School of Public Healthshows that students who are engaged in alcohol drinking activities tend to be are displaying negative behaviors and therefore reveiving sanctions by the authorities (Wechsler et al.
Drinking exposure has begun as early as 12 years old, with girls drinking at around the age of 13 and boys at around the age of 11. The inclination to explore the usage of alcohol is caused by many factors such as trying to forget all of one 's problems, to gain confidence and the influence of other
Many people get used to drink alcohol , and they can easily abuse; that is the problem. Alcoholism is the abuse of alcohol by people who are unable to control their drinking behavior over an extended period of time. Alcoholics are not simply people who drink alcohol; instead, their entire lives revolve around it. At first, everyone who starts drinking alcoholic beverages, thinks that its something normal, and that it's okay to do it, but what they really don't know yet, is that this particular habit has a way of turning itself into one of the worst addictions in the world.