ALCOHOL

• Human beings are trapped in doubt arising from a wide range of factors and experience constant mental tension. Instead of searching for an appropriate solution to alleviate this, alcohol consumption is opted for as a shortcut relief. Experiencing such tension due to insecurity or a feeling of being exploited, people turn to alcohol for support and then fall victim to addiction.





• Countless people feel weak and incapable and become addicted to alcohol to alleviate the sense of shame arising from this.





• In many families, alcohol is consumed in the home. Undesirable association from business contacts and activities in society, where there is social pressure to drink, leads to addiction.





• Effects of alcohol consumption:
  
  

  .......Alcohol conumption damags the tissues of the face. When alcohol is taken into the stomach, a small portion enters the blood stream and the remainder enters the small intestines. Once alcohol enters the blood stream, it causes damages to all tissues throughout the body. Serious harm is done to the digestive system.
  
  

  .......Alcohol consumption causes memory loss, particularly, during the period of intoxication. When there is often a total lapse of memory, giving rise to a wide range of tensions. Alcohol addiction causes irritability and a feeling of isolation.
  
  

  .......According to one scientific study, it was established that there is not a single part of the body which is not damaged from alcohol consumption.
  
  

  .......Alcohol consumption causes cirrtiosis of the liver which is a fatal disease and also creates the possibility of heart disease. The digestive tract and stomach are damaged, ulcers develops and the possibility of stomach cancer arises. In addition to that, brain cells are severally damaged and the entire nervous and skeletal system is weakened.
  
  

  .......The most critical side-effect of alcohol consumption is caused to the brain. Brain activity is debilitated and the nervous system network carrying brain messages is disturbed, accompanied by personality break down with symptoms of excessive talkativeness, short-temper, argumentativeness and violence. Mental balance is lost and the judgment and decision making faculty is critically disturbed.
  
  

  .......Alcohol consumption causes serious damage to the activity of the liver and kidney resulting in swelling of the body, water retention in the stomach, vomiting blood and ultimately escorting the person in the direction of death. In addition to this, heart activity is slowed, consequently, disturbing the flow of blood in the blood vessel system causing high blood pressure. The consumption of alcohol greatly increases the possibility of falling victim to accident. It is a threatening evil and invitation to self-destruction.

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