ALCOHOL
what is Alcohol?
Alcohol might be a natural product made from fruit, grains, vegetables, and etc. but drinking alcohol will absorb into the bloodstream and will affect the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). Teenagers are developing in thinking, memory, and feelings, but if they decide to consume a lot of alcohol it may begin to shrink the frontal lobe size, this may also cause teenagers to develop of being a alcoholic later in life. Alcohol can actually block some of the messages that are trying to get to the brain.
Long-term Effect
Alcohol travels through your bloodstream and damages your brain, stomach, liver, kidney, and muscles. As a teenager, your body is still developing, so damage done to it now affect the rest of your life. Over time drinking destroys your body and your appearance, so all that work you've done to look good, keep strong and stay fit goes down the drain fast.
Symptoms:
- Calming or drowsy
- addiction
- loss of motor coordination
- impairs of reasoning
- Speech
- reaction time and judgment
- Nausea and vomiting
- Lack physical control
- Loss of consciousness
- Possible death
STATISTICS for alcohol abuse
Prevalence in 8th graders:
- 51.7% have tried alcohol
- 43.1% have had an alcoholic drink in the past year
- 25.1% have been drunk
- 15.2% have had 1 or more binge drinking episodes
- 70.6% have tried alcohol
- 63.7% have had an alcoholic drink in the past year
- 48.9% have been drunk
- 25.6% have had 1 or more binge drinking episodes
- 1.9% have been daily drinking for at least 1 month at some point in their lives
- 80% have tried alcohol
- 73.8% have had an alcoholic drink in the past year
- 62.3% have been drunk
- 30.8% binge drank in the past 2 weeks
- 3.6% use alcohol daily
Your brain on drugs: alcohol
The video below gives information on how alcohol will begin to destroy nerve cells and causing how are emotions, actions, and thoughts will begin to change.
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http://veryaware.com/2012/03/interview-project-x-cast-talks-sweater-vests-deleted-scenes-and-joel-silver/
Franks, O. (n.d). How to cure your hangover. Retrieved from: http://www.ehow.com/how_2003075_cure-hangover.html
Narconon international. (n.d). Alcohol Detox. Retrieved from: http://www.narconon.org/drug-rehab/alcohol-detox.html
New Jersey City University. Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program. Retrieved from: http://web.njcu.edu/programs/asap/content/how_to_help_a_friend_with_a_drinking_problem.asp
Addictionblog. (n.d). What happens to the body after stop drinking alcohol? Retrieved from: http://alcohol.addictionblog.org/what-happens-to-the-body-after-you-stop-drinking-alcohol/
NHS. (n.d). Alcohol. Retrieved from: http://www.nhslanarkshire.org.uk/HealthyLiving/Alcohol/Pages/default.aspx