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By D. L. Nicovich. to Any Alcohol. What Type of Professional?. It’s Not Called Spirits for Nothing. Holly-weird says “I Need A Drink”. How Alcohol Affects the Body. One Drink Can Make Some People Have an Unsound Mind! . WHY? Empty Stomach Gender Age Nationality Health Issue.
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It’s Not Called Spirits for Nothing
One Drink Can Make Some People Have an Unsound Mind! • WHY? • Empty Stomach • Gender • Age • Nationality • Health Issue
Esophagus Alcohol is associated with nearly half of the cancers of the • Esophagus • Mouth • larynx. People who vomit too intensely after getting drunk can cause tears in their esophagus.
Brain Alcohol • Depresses the central nervous system • Contracts brain tissue • Destroys brain cells -- which unlike many other types of cells in the body, do not regenerate.
Heart Alcohol Can Cause: • Heart disease • Stroke • High blood pressure • Irregular Heartbeats • Heart Failure.
Lungs Alcohol Can Cause • Pulmonary Infections • Pneumonia • Lung Collapse. • An intoxicated person loses his reflexes and can't clear his airway when he vomits. • Stomach contents may get sucked into the lungs, which can lead to choking or pneumonia.
Liver Alcohol • Liver damage often begins with a fatty liver, and may progress to alcoholic hepatitis. • Followed by the buildup of scar tissue known as cirrhosis. • Cirrhosis can change the structure of the liver and choke off blood flow. • This can cause varicose veins, which can rupture, triggering catastrophic bleeding.
Stomach Alcohol • Irritates Stomach • Causes Gastritis • Ulcers • Acid Reflux Gastritis is an inflammation of the mucous membrane that lines the stomach. Erosion in that lining can cause constant oozing of blood into the stomach or, if a vessel ruptures, major bleeding.
Kidneys Alcohol • Is a diuretic that increases urine output. • Prolonged heavy drinking can cause kidney failure.
Small intestines & pancreas: Alcohol • blocks the absorption and breakdown of nutrients by damaging the cells lining the stomach and intestines, and by decreasing the amount of digestive enzymes secreted by the pancreas. • The pancreas can become inflamed and leak digestive enzymes, which then attack the pancreas itself.
Reproductive system ALCOHOL In men, it impairs the production of sperm and testosterone, and can lead to infertility and impotence. In women, the effect can be decreased estrogen metabolism in the liver which increases the amount of estrogen circulating in the body, which can contribute to menstrual irregularities and even infertility.
Blood Alcohol can cause • Anemia • Abnormal blood clotting, which results in excessive bleeding and easy bruising. • Impairs the function of whiteblood cells, increasing susceptibility to infection.
Joints & Muscles Alcohol can cause • Osteoporosis • Arthritis • Deform the joints. • It can atrophy muscles and cause acute muscle pain and weakness.
Research Has Found Causes • Numerous food allergies • Chemical allergies • Hypoglycemia • Vitamin deficiencies • Mineral deficiencies
Hangovers vs. Health • CLICK
One Struggling Alcoholic Said • “I discovered that by eliminating sugar and wheat from my diet that I could eliminate my disabling anxiety and depression.”
The Root of Alcoholism? Body Chemistry
The Biochemical Approach • Detox • Repairing the Damage • Aftercare
Substances must be Removed Permanently for Successful Long Term Sobriety • Drugs • Alcohol • Caffeine (caffeine is a drug that aggravates and promotes *hypoglycemia)
SUGAR • Sugar (alcohol is a sugar that reaches the brain very quickly. If you continue to eat sugar, it leads to cravings for alcohol. • Sugar also aggravates and promotes hypoglycemia)
Nicotine • -Nicotine (nicotine is a drug that aggravates and promotes hypoglycemia) • (*Hypoglycemia is a metabolic disorder that if left untreated most often takes the alcoholic back to the drink)
Another important factor that is a common denominator with traditional treatment is that the person with alcoholism needs to stay away from people who drink and drug and places where alcohol and drugs will be present.
Wine isa mocker, strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby isnot wise
It is Not for Kings to Drink Wine, Nor for Princes Strong Drink
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
1,400 Students Aged 18 to 24 Killed Every Year Alcohol-Related Accidents • Motor vehicle fatalities were the most common form of alcohol-related deaths. The statistics included college students killed in car accidents if the students had alcohol in their blood, even if the level was below the legal limit.
Drunk driving accidents injure far more than their immediate teenage victims: • a brother or sister may be plagued with guilt for not taking the car keys • an older neighbor may forever regret buying the alcohol • a classmate may live with nightmares for being the one who was driving drunk but survived.
One of his prized possessions was the SUV he had customized.
Reggie Stephey was a senior at Lake Travis High School near Austin. He played baseball and football.College was in his future.
In 1999, 20 year old Jacqueline Saburido left her family and friends in Venezuela to come to Austin, Texas.She traded flamenco dancing and jet skiing for an adventure in a new country and the chance to learn English.
At the same time Jacqui was on her way home, Reggie was driving home, too.Put Reggie was drunk (first time).
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