5 Ways Alcohol Damages Your Body

5. Poor Quality of life 

 

Although you may enjoy consuming alcohol, it may be affect you financially and emotionally. The money spent on alcohol could be used for more necessary things instead of spending $40~$50 a week on alcohol. Alcohol abuse may also lead to emotional problems such as depression and anxiety, thus damaging your life.

4. Hangovers 

 

You may be aware of the disadvantages of consuming alcohol and anticipate the hangover the next morning, but you somehow decide to drink anyways. You shouldn’t drink alcohol as you may experience unpleasant signs the next morning such as vomiting, being thirsty, having a bad headache, muscle aches and dizziness. Some people enjoy it too much to cease consuming alcohol, even though they know what would happen, are you one of those people?In other words, hangovers are linked to your daily life as not showing up to work leads to loss of income. Without money, you are unable to provide food for yourself. Therefore, no rice no life.

3. Health 

 

Consuming alcohol continuously and endlessly may affect your health immensely, and may lead to fertility problems, brain disorders, unwanted weight gain, high blood pressure and even cancer. Whilst pregnant, alcohol may heavily affect and damage the fetus, causing birth defects, thus pregnant women should not drink at all. Unhealthy weight gain and high blood pressure may also occur as alcohol are made of sugar and starch and contains heaps of calories (approximately 7 calories a gram!) that are non-beneficial and have no nutritional value.

2. Injury and Accidents 

 

Consuming alcohol also causes brain disorders such as impaired memory, slower reaction times, poor vision and speech, poor judgement and concentration. Therefore individuals that are affected by these factors may cause injury and accidents on the road, conduct violent acts towards others and may even hurt themselves.

1. Death 

 

According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 88000 deaths and 2.5million years of potential life lost occur each year in the US from 2006 to 2010 from excessive alcohol. Binge drinking or consuming alcohol too quickly may affect the nervous system and cause seizures, blackouts and also lead to coma or even death. Death may be caused by accidents on the road or even accidental deaths such as drowning.