Another alcohol abuse effect is
blackouts. Blackouts are occurrences where the user loses time. It is as if the abuser is
in a dreamless sleep, but to everyone else he/she is awake and acting as if fully
conscious. Blackouts are an extremely dangerous alcohol abuse effect. During these times
the alcoholic can do things and not even remember.
Both short-term memory loss and blackouts are
mental alcohol abuse effects. There are numerous physical alcohol abuse effects. Alcohol
is a poison to the body. The endocrine system of the human makeup treats it as such.
Therefore it runs through the liver during natural detoxification. Being that it is a
poison it erodes the liver causing cirrhosis. Cirrhosis can then lead to liver failure,
which will eventually result in death.
| There are
also the alcohol abuse effects that happen outside of the body. These consist of legal
troubles and relationship problems. |
| Many alcohol abusers
experience difficulty in managing their lives. This unmanageability leads to destruction.
This destruction comes in many forms. Some users lose jobs, while others lose spouses.
These all lead the drinker to more drinking.
More drinking leads the user to more physical problems and
more physical problems lead to death. |
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Alcohol
abuse effects are devastating. Some alcoholics will drive drunk and accidentally kill
someone. Some alcoholics end up in jail or homeless. No matter how you look at it, alcohol
abuse leads down a road that you don't want to take. Stop going down that road before you
become so lost that the cycle continues.
Alcoholism Effects
Alcoholism
effects end in death, but there is hope to free yourself from the deadly cycle of
alcoholism effects. Alcoholism effects can be short term and some can be long term.
Alcoholism effects manifest themselves in alcoholics life's in many different forms.
Driving drunk and getting into an accident to losing short-term memory and everything in
between are all alcoholism effects. Alcoholism effects can be worked on and made better.
There is hope.
Alcoholism is a disease.
It is deadly and incurable. And like any other disease there are many different effects.
Unfortunately for alcoholics these effects aren't always physical. They can take many
forms.
The first form of
alcoholism effects are the mental. There is an insane obsession that comes with being
alcoholic and the need to get more alcohol under any circumstances. This need drives
people to do crazy things. This obsession changes the person emotionally into someone you
would not even recognize.
One of the other forms
of alcoholism effects is the physical effect. These consist of liver disease, brain
damage, and other effects. Alcohol is a toxin. The body of the alcoholic acts as such.
This means that the natural detoxification system (endocrine system) treats alcohol like a
poison. The liver plays the major role in the endocrine system and is largely affected by
alcohol. Alcohol wears away at the liver until it becomes diseased or it fails. Liver
failure is fatal. Don't let alcoholism get to this point.
Alcohol also affects the
brain. Killing large amounts of brain cells the more and more the person consumes. This
leads to short-term memory loss and eventually what people call "wet brain".
This is when the alcoholic's brain no longer functions properly. This is a pre-vegetable
state. The alcoholic can no longer put coherent sentences together or even function their
bowels or bladder correctly.
No matter how you look
at it, alcoholism leads the alcoholic down a dead end road. The cycle of abuse and more
abuse does costly damage. Sometimes this damage is irreparable, but fortunately if caught
in the early stages the alcoholic can be recovered from alcoholism effects.
Being that alcoholism is
a disease, it brings with it these effects. They all lead to death. The trip down the road
of alcoholism can be stopped. Alcoholism effects aren't always physical. Many alcoholics
end up in prison because of crimes committed under the influence. Driving under the
influence is a common crime committed by alcoholics. This crime can lead to many legal
problems. Alcoholism also affects those who care about the alcoholic. Broken relationships
are common among alcoholics.
Withdrawal
Alcohol withdrawal
occurs when the alcohol is no longer put in the system, and alcohol withdrawal is a
process. Alcohol withdrawal is something that every alcoholic who wants to be sober must
undergo. Alcohol withdrawal is uncomfortable for the alcoholic.
Alcohol, when ingested
in large amounts, begins to become a natural part of the body's chemistry. This causes a
major problem when the alcoholic wants to get sober. The reason this causes a problem is
when the alcohol is no longer in the system it throws the chemical makeup of the body way
off track.
Alcohol withdrawal takes
a heavy toll on the body of the abuser. Depending on how heavy of a drinker the alcoholic
was is directly related to how severe the symptoms will be. For a mild alcoholic the
symptoms will be cold sweats, headaches, confusion, dizziness, and a drop in concentration
level. For the heavy alcoholic those symptoms also apply, but there are more severe
symptoms that sill incur. These severe symptoms are convulsions, extreme nausea, and if
not done in a controlled environment under close supervision death could result.
Many people wonder why
an alcoholic could die during withdrawal. Well, the body has become so addicted to alcohol
that it is now part of their chemical makeup. If you were to remove the alcohol in one
fail swoop without stabilizing the body it could kill the alcoholic. This is why it is so
important that alcohol withdrawal occur in a medical facility.
Most detox facilities
take advantage of modern medicine that has made alcohol detox much more comfortable
and
safer by using carefully prescribed medications to ease the withdrawal symptoms and
regulate vital signs.
Alcohol withdrawal must
be undertaken in order for the patient to recover from alcoholism. This is the first step
to freedom from the addiction.
Contact your local
health care services for more information. |
