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Effects of Alcoholism
Substance abuse or drug and alcohol addiction involves ingesting or administering
harmful substances to our bodies. Given this, it can be expected that the continued
use of these substances will have negative effects on our bodies. For alcoholism,
the effects include short and long term effects, both of which can be life
threatening. Some long-term physical effects include increased susceptibility
to liver cirrhosis, liver cancer, and other life threatening diseases. On the
psychological aspect, alcoholics may also develop certain mental illnesses
as a result of alcoholism. However, among the two, it is the short-term effects
that can affect not only the drinker but other people as well because some
of these short-term effects are enough cause deadly accidents.
Some short-term effectsSome of the short-term effects of drinking can happen in as short as ten minutes after you begin drinking, and as you continue to drink, the effects you may feel may have more serous repercussions. Some of these include reduced inhibitions, wherein your behavior may chnge and you may end up engaging in activities that you would later regret and memory loss as a result of increased alcohol levels in your blood and which affects your brain's control mechanisms. Other short-term effects also include the loss of muscle control, which can lead to slurred speech or falling accidents and stupor, which makes you unable to function and disoriented. In extreme cases, drinking a large amount of alcohol can cause you to go under a coma, have respiratory paralysis and die. Source Jennifer Bailey |
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