Friday, 18 April 2008

Effects

The effects of alcohol abuse are serious and not too well known. The most i knew about the effects were that it could damage your liver with longterm abuse. Well i've found out the facts and here they are.

Alcohol has effects on your brain:


  • Lower co-ordination
  • Slower reflexes
  • poor judgement
  • Distorted vision
  • memory lapses
  • Even Blackouts

Alcohol has effects on your body such as:

  • It depresses the nervous sytem
  • Lowers your inhibitions
  • Impairs your judgement
  • Leads to risky behaviour such as drink driving and unprotected sex Click Here For information and help if your worried you've caught something through unprotected sex

The Short Term Effects

  • The dreaded Hangover- headache, dehydration, vomitting, shakiness etc
  • Loss of consciousness
  • Increased Risk of Sexual Assualt For shocking statistics Click Here
  • Alcohol poisoning
  • Choking on Vomit
  • Sudden Death From Stroke

The Long Term Health Effects

  • Birth Defects
  • Liver Damage
  • Heart Dieses
  • Bone Damage
  • Cancer

Shocking FACT: 10 hours after you sober up your reasoning ability, movement control and reaction speed are STILL limited

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