ALCOHOL is a poison. High drinking levels overwhelms
your body's ability to break down and get rid of this toxic chemical.
Its immediate effect on your brain is to sedate it leading to intoxication
but constant use also leads to permanent poisonous effects on your
brain and other parts of your body.
Effects of Alcohol Abuse of your body:
Liver
damage: this is where most of the detoxification of alcohol
occurs so your liver bears the brunt of alcohol overuse leading
from inflammation (hepatitis) to irreversible scarring (cirrhosis)
and lost liver function.
Stomach:
alcohol use burns the lining of your gut leading to ulcers, and
inflammation of the stomach lining (gastritis).
Pancreas:
this small organ makes digestive juices and insulin. It
lies along the path from the stomach and gets inflamed during constant
exposure to alcohol.
Heart:
alcohol abuse leads to disorders of the beating rate of your heart
(arrhythmias) and enlargement (cardiomyopathy).
Sex
organs: long-term heavy alcohol use leads to infertility
as sperms and eggs are poisoned. And in men, effects on their testicles
lead to a drop in testosterone making leading to loss of sex drive
and development of breasts.
Brain:
besides just short-term intoxication, alcohol abuse leads to actual
death of brain cells and loss of weight of your brain, memory, and
higher order thinking. At its worst, alcohol abuse leads to dementia
and incoordination.
Skeleton
and muscle system: alcohol in large amounts is toxic to
bone and muscle leading to thinning of both and poor healing of
injuries. Due to intoxication bouts, alcoholics suffer frequent
falls and injuries.
The above is a list of effects of alcohol abuse on major organs,
but alcohol abuse actually affects EVERY part of
your body negatively. The more alcohol volume, often, and long a person
drinks determines how bad their final life will be.
