long-term effects of alcohol

Prolonged, heavy use of alcohol can lead to addiction (alcoholism).

Sudden cessation of long term, extensive alcohol intake is likely to produce withdrawal symptoms, including severe anxiety, tremors, hallucinations and convulsions.

Long-term effects of consuming large quantities of alcohol, especially when combined with poor nutrition, can lead to permanent damage to vital organs such as the brain and liver.

In addition, mothers who drink alcohol during pregnancy may give birth to infants with fetal alcohol syndrome.

These infants may suffer from mental retardation and other irreversible physical abnormalities.

In addition, research indicates that children of alcoholic parents are at greater risk than other children of becoming alcoholics.

alcohol is the enemy for you & the socity around you
so please avoid drinking .

In moderation, alcohol consumption has significant health benefits. These include a lower risk of heart attack [1], lower risk of diabetes [2], lower risk of Alzheimer's disease [3], reduced risk of stroke [4], and an increase in overall longevity [5]. One study found that a person fifty-five or older who consumed 1-3 drinks daily was half as likely to develop dementia linked to poor oxygen to the brain as a person who did not. Additionally, because alcohol increases 'good' cholesterol and decreased the 'bad' cholesterol, there are indications that frequent doses in moderation reduces the risk of blood clots and stroke. These benefits are all counteracted by excessive consumption.[4]

In excess the negative effects can be severe, even lethal. A blood-alcohol content of .45% represents the LD50, or the amount which would prove fatal to 50% of human subjects. This is only about eight times the level of intoxication (0.08%), but vomiting and/or unconsciousness are triggered much sooner, so this level is rarely reached unless a large amount of alcohol is consumed very quickly.[4

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