Effects of alcohol on the human body

Alcoholism is one of the most difficult problems of modern society.Alcohol and its effect on the body is the subject of discussion among scientists from different specialties, who are trying to determine the reasons for the rapid increase in incidence, ways to remove people from this condition, as well as risk factors for the development of a tendency to regularly drink alcohol.

At first, the changes caused by alcohol in the internal organs are not characterized by a sharp interruption of their functionality.But over time, the influence of alcohol on a person increases, leading to acute disorders in the activity of the body's vital systems and breaking the chain of complex mechanisms of its neurohumoral regulation.

Features of the mechanism of action

How does alcohol affect the body?Once in the human stomach, alcohol is absorbed into the bloodstream almost immediately.Few people know, but alcoholic beverages begin to decompose in the oral cavity, so the blood is saturated with alcohol from the first minute of its contact with the body.From this moment, the harmful effects of alcohol on the human body begin.About 20% of alcohol is neutralized by the liver enzyme, alcohol dehydrogenase, which deactivates substances containing alcoholic toxins.

Most of the alcohol continues to act in the small intestine.It is from here that alcohol penetrates into all the watery areas of the body, so that it is partially excreted through sweat, urine, saliva, etc., and partially oxidized and accumulates in most organs for several days.During this period, alcohol acts as a poison, slowly poisoning all the cells of the body, affecting the development of a person, the state of his psyche and the functionality of internal structures.

Effects of alcohol on systems and organs

The harmful effects of alcohol on the human body are expressed not only in brain and liver dysfunction.Alcoholism has a negative effect on all organs and systems of the human body.In short, the regular consumption of alcoholic beverages completely destroys the pattern of normal functioning of the patient's body, has a harmful effect on its full functioning and is one of the main causes of mortality in people of working age.

Impact on the psyche

Perhaps each of us knows how alcohol affects the human psyche.Those who drink too much alcohol may experience hallucinations, a great sense of anxiety, apathy and prolonged depression.Alcoholics completely lose themselves.These people become antisocial, pay little attention to their appearance, no longer worry about everyday human concerns, taking care of their family and the like.

The consequences of drinking alcohol on the human body

Each stage of addiction has certain symptoms and distinctive features.There are 4 of them in total.

For the initial stagecharacterized by a gradual increase in the consumed dose of alcohol, the formation of addiction and the impact of alcohol on a psychological level.

In the second phasethere is a desire to increase the dose of alcohol.Addiction develops on a physical level.

In the third- destruction at the physical and psycho-emotional level, the formation of dementia.

The fourth stage cannot be treated and leads to the death of the addict.Failure of body systems and death occurs.

25 reasons to quit alcohol

Many people see nothing wrong with drinking alcohol in the evening, on weekends or on holidays.But few people have a sense of proportion and will.And a seemingly harmless hobby turns into a bad habit.This article provides 25 reasons to give up alcohol, discusses the harm of alcohol and its effect on the human body.

1. Alcohol is the cause of many diseases, meanness, indiscipline, wasted talents, senseless conflicts and poverty.
2. It is difficult to find a greater evil than alcohol, which would so persistently and mercilessly disturb the health of millions of people, would dramatically destroy all human tissues and organs (especially the cerebral cortex), a person's mind and personality, ultimately leading to an early death.The cunning of this poison lies in the fact that the serious consequences of alcohol damage do not occur immediately, gradually, imperceptibly.
3. The impact of alcohol on human life is evidenced by the following facts: 50 percent of accidents, 1/3 of suicides, 80 percent of deaths from cancer of the oral cavity and esophagus occur due to alcohol abuse.
4. As a result of research conducted using the latest technology, Australian scientists have concluded that both alcoholics and moderate users experience a gradual decline and shrinkage of the brain.One glass of alcoholic drink destroys 1000-2000 cells in our brain.These data were confirmed in 95% of alcoholics and 85% of moderate alcoholics.

5. Studies have proven that the likelihood that alcoholics will give birth to a healthy person is 15 times less than that of non-drinkers, the mortality rate in their children is 5 times higher and the morbidity is 3.5 times higher (note that we are talking only about alcoholics, not alcoholics).Alcohol affects children even before they are born.Even in families that drink alcohol in moderation, children are born with slow development, mental retardation, and even death.Because of alcohol and drug addiction, women in America alone give birth to thousands of premature babies every day.Parents who drink are the worst thieves, who steal from their children the happiness of future discoveries, the happiness of living a full life (according to F.G. Uglov).
6. Experiments conducted on chicken eggs showed the following: 160 eggs were placed in an incubator in a barn, in the basement of which alcohol was drunk.The alcohol vapor affected the eggs.When the time came, the following result was obtained: only half of the chicks hatched, 40 of them were non-viable, 25 were mutants (beakless, clawless, etc.).
7. If one person's genetic code is damaged, the entire generation is at risk.Nowadays, 96% of genetic code violations occur due to various drugs (alcohol, cigarettes, other drugs).
8. Alcohol as a drug is harmful in all forms and in any dose to the human body, because it acts like morphine or marijuana, so it creates the illusion of goodness and happiness, while causing irreparable damage, like any other poison.
9. According to the WHO (World Health Organization), every third person on earth dies from causes related to alcohol consumption and every fifth dies from causes related to smoking.This means that from these reasons in Russia we lose almost one and a half million people a year, which is 20 times more than the number of victims of the atomic explosion in Hiroshima.
10. The ban operated successfully in Russia at that time for more than 10 years.In this period, the number of sick people decreased, prisons were emptied, peace came to families and prosperity appeared at home.All these data can be checked using a large medical encyclopedia and many scientific works of the time.
11. The assurances of some heavy drinkers that they feel relief after drinking are pure self-deception caused by the paralysis of the centers of attention and self-control.The patient, after taking each dose of alcohol, falls into a state of euphoria and everything, even his illness, looks rosy.In fact, drinking alcohol in any quantity only worsens the process and harms the person.

12. It is not for nothing that people say: "A river begins with a stream, and drunkenness begins with a glass."Let's think about this fact.From the point of view of the contagion of the habit of drinking alcohol, it is not drunkards and alcoholics who are the most dangerous, because, seeing them, no one will want to imitate them.The most contagious is the example of those who drink "in moderation", "with culture", who drink "respecting a ritual", etc.Unfortunately, our media have "worked hard" to present the holiday in a wider and more attractive way.Rarely is a movie complete without a glass, raucous celebration, and a toast.People drink enthusiastically to these toasts, almost mystically hoping that an empty glass or shot glass is the surest way to fulfill their cherished wishes.And children become spectators and witnesses, and then accomplices in drinking alcohol, because they imitate their parents on a subconscious level.
13. Many researchers have shown that if children are invited to play at a birthday or wedding, they reproduce and copy the attributes of an adult feast in games - they sit at a common table, open bottles, shake glasses, say a toast and walk with a staggering gait.A survey of 100 boys in one of the kindergartens showed that 97% of children describe alcohol intoxication well.From the age of kindergarten, the idea of alcohol begins to form as a special, obligatory companion of celebrations and meetings, an attractive symbol of adult life.At the age of 11-12, teenagers form fairly stable stereotypes of attitudes towards drunkenness.They copy their parents and loved ones in this.
14. Teenagers assert themselves about who drinks more.Euphoria is cultivated in such companies.Adolescents project their ideas of courage, masculinity, maturity onto alcoholism;they challenge each other to see who is drunk, who shouts, laughs or screams the loudest, who behaves the most rudely.There is a lot of obvious, demonstrative, hysterical behavior.Loud music is usually played, increasing the destructive behavior.
15. According to statistics, people who drink live an average of 10-15 years less.Smoke people for 8 years.Which directly shows the harm of alcohol in the human body.
16. The short answer to the question of why people drink is: they drink because it is a drug that is widely advertised and freely sold.They drink because alcohol has become a legal drug and is sold cheaply.

17. There is a misconception that alcohol should be taken "for fun".In fact, fun and laughter are very important moments in a person's life.They give rest to the brain, remove thoughts from everyday worries, thereby strengthening the nervous system, preparing it for new work and worries.But laughter and fun are useful only in those cases when they arise in a sober person.There is and cannot be entertainment in the scientific and reasonable sense of this condition.Drunk "fun" is nothing but excitement under anesthesia - this is the first stage of anesthesia, the stage of excitement that surgeons observe every day when they give the patient other drugs (ether, chloroform, morphine, etc.), which are identical in their action to alcohol and, like alcohol, are drugs.This stage of excitement has nothing to do with fun and after it there is no rest for the nervous system.On the contrary, instead of resting, depression begins with all the consequences (headaches, apathy, weakness, reluctance to work, etc.).Which is never seen in sober entertainment.So alcohol is not a friend, but an enemy of fun.It eliminates the time a person sets aside for fun and relaxation.Instead, he has a headache and fatigue.Alcohol works the same way when you're tired.Man is given a day off so that he can rest physically and mentally and with new strength and a new desire to work, go to work after the rest.
18. Alcohol creates the illusion of stress relief.In fact, the tension in the brain and throughout the nervous system remains, and when the hop wears off, the tension turns out to be even greater than before drinking the wine.But to this is added a weakening of the will and weakness.
19. An innate need to drink beer, wine, vodka, etc.people don't.If there were no alcoholic beverages and traditions of drinking them in the world, a person could live peacefully without them and not cause harm to the body and loved ones.
20. To make an informed choice "to drink or not to drink", you need to know how alcohol affects our body."Advertisers" can create any legend about the usefulness of alcohol.In television commercials they call beer "correct", "life-giving", "for real men", they try to "associate" alcoholic products with sexual, patriotic, national, high-status characteristics of people.In order not to be deceived, you need to have objective information yourself and learn to oppose advertising.
21. After drinking alcohol, the amount of urine excreted increases (diuresis), so water and salts are lost.After intoxication, there is a strong thirst, "pulling" brine and mineral waters.A brief systematic review of the real effects of alcohol on all types of metabolism in a living organism leads to one conclusion: all types of metabolism are disrupted.It is this combination of "killing" effects that determines the antiseptic effect of ethyl alcohol and should be an obstacle to its use as a drink.

22. The term "liquor" is incorrect."Beverages" must have nutritional value and contain substances included in nutrition.These include proteins, fats, carbohydrates, minerals and vitamins.They are not found in alcohol.There is very little cognac, wine and beer.To get their daily amount, you need to drink a quantity of these liquids in which the alcohol content is many times higher than its lethal dose.
23. For example, you can buy a car with the money you spend on drinks.You can calculate for yourself how much money you spend on alcohol over the months and years.
24. There are often references to studies by foreign scientists, for example, a number of institutes from Munich, which prove that beer helps in many diseases.First of all, it should be noted that all such studies were carried out with financial support from the alcohol industry.Therefore, such results circulate in the media, but they are difficult to find in serious scientific journals, since such journals usually require the authors to indicate the source of funding for the research, and if this is the alcohol or tobacco industry, then the publication of such studies is perceived as a sign of bad taste.
25. You have the power to kick another addiction, become free and happy!