SEC-S13 / W5 | "How can alcohol cause damage to your health! 🍺"

Greetings to you friends welcome to a new week and my blog. Alcohol happens to be the center of the topic this week and here is my take on it

Alcohol is the substance or active ingredient present in drinks like wine, beer, whiskey formed after a fermentation process. Many people consume alcoholic beverages especially for entertainment but it becomes dangerous when taken in excess

When can we say that a person is an alcoholic? Give reasons for your answer!.

I will say almost everyone consume alcohol in various forms. Some will say they don't drink alcohol but consume local corn beer (char) and palm wine which contains alcohol. It is often very determine or predict if someone is an alcoholic. It can only be done when you notice the following;

• Excessive consumption of alcoholic drinks

• Doing embarrassing or negative things like fighting, over talking or irregular talking, peeing on oneself, sleeping in gutters etc

• Not able to do anything without alcohol

• Difficulty to stop drinking when you plan to

• Frequently craving for alcohol

• It becomes immune to your system and you don't feel drunk when you drink

🍺 Do you think alcohol is a drug? justify your answer!

Alcohol is an active ingredient formed after a fermentation process releasing the substance. It is widely considered as a drug and consumed in many countries and cultures in different ways. It is a drug as it causes damage to our health in many ways like;

• Increasing heart diseases
• Causes liver diseases
• Weakens the immune system leaving the victim susceptible to any disease
• Causes stroke
• Increases of cancer diseases like breast and mouth
• High memory loss and other brain disorders.

🍺Can alcoholism be considered a disease? How to control it!

Alcoholism can not really be considered a disease but it's addiction leads to brain disorders and physical problems too like the following

• Aggressiveness
• Feeling unwell
• Shaking hands
• Insomnia ( having difficulty in sleeping)
• So much anxiety
• Do not think straight
• Nausea when you drink especially too much

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How to control it

Many people just drink alcohol blindly and don't think of its repercussions on them. In order to control it you have to do the following

• Have a reason for taking a drink
• Set your drinking goals
• Know your and set your limits like I have done
• Avoid visiting drinking areas frequently
• Do not keep alcohol in the house
• Avoid friends who are drinkers
• Do not drink quickly when drinking
• Be persistent and follow your goals
• If one medication follow it strictly

🍺Is every drinker considered an alcoholic?

No not every drinker is an alcoholic for me. There are many people who consume alcoholic drinks but not alcoholics. That is they don't abuse it and let it take control of them. For example I take alcohol drinks like wine and sometimes beer or whiskey depending on the occasion but not more than my usual capacity. I have set a limit to what I can take and so I do not go above it no matter what happens. Also I don't drink frequently as I take it once in a month or in two weeks sometimes I go for a month or two without tasting any. There I am not an alcoholic but I drink alcohol. There are many people too who do that and more hence not being an alcoholic.

It's a pity we have so many people in our society especially my country who are alcoholic. You will find them everyday in drinking parlors and would spend all their income on it. Some would even get into debts just fi have the satisfaction of the alcohol.

CONCLUSION

Alcohol act as a spice in our lives but it becomes very dangerous getting addiction with alcohol as causes so much damage to us and the the society indirectly. In order to have a safe alcohol life set rules and do not abuse the use of alcohol. We have to redefine and create awareness of alcohol to everyone in order to limits is abuse and the dangers involved when you. drink.

Thank you friends for visiting and #healthysteem for the topic. I invite @chiabertrand, @ngoenyi and @adaeze to join the contest.

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