alcohol and its effects
...ave. The first influence is that alcohol forces the heart to work harder. Alcohol causes the blood vessels to widen. This makes the heart work harder to pump the blood. The second influence is that a person’s body loses heat when consuming alcohol. Ironically, a person may feel warm and look flushed but losing the heat may make the body too cold. The last influence is that the liver must work harder, which is not good for the body. One of the jobs of the liver is to break down poisonous substances. An alcohol beverage is considered toxic. However, the liver can only handle one alcohol beverage an hour, so any more than this will stress the liver. Imagine if a person has had liver and heart related diseases for a long time because of alcohol, he will die soon. Second, alcohol has widespread effects on the brain, making people moody. In fact, alcohol is not always bad. Some people drink alcohol to feel less anxious and more relaxed. However, because alcohol is depressant, heavy drinking can turn good feelings into bad feelings and bad feelings into worse ones; it slows down the body’s nervous system. For example, after one or two drink, a person may feel more relaxed. But after three drinks or more than that, he is unable to make good decisions or cope with anything difficult. He will lose his inhibitions, or nature limits of behavior; his eyes can not focus; he will slur sound, lose coordination, and have mood swings. Thus, people who drink heavily often end up doing things they really did not want to. They end up to fights, accidents, and other bad situations that harm property, other people and even themselves. Third, drinking heavily brings people some social and financial problems, digging themselves into the holes of trouble. The first trouble is that your friends are going to leave you if you are heavy drinker; only other drinker will remain. The second outcome is that people who drink heavily also meet problems at...