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Alcohol is a drug that slows down parts of your brain. Drinking alcohol can make you feel more relaxed. It can also make it harder to think clearly, make good decisions and do various tasks. Today alcohol is a very popular drink, as there are pre-made drinks that you can buy over the counter that do not taste like alcohol at all making them very easy to drink.

Symptoms after consuming too much alcohol

• Feel nervous and jumpy
• Have sleep problems
• Have shakes.
• Have seizures
• Have hallucinations
• Have blackouts (lose their memory)
• Slur their speech or have trouble walking
• Feel sleepy or lose consciousness
• Be more likely to have falls and other accidents

Harmful effects of Alcohol on your health: Alcohol presents a many problems for your body's proper functioning, like dehydration and deficiency of minerals and vitamins.

• Lungs: Alcohol lower resistance to infection. High amounts of alcohol may cause breathing to stop, then death.

• Liver: Chronic heavy drinking may cause alcoholic hepatitis (inflammation and destruction of liver cells) and then cirrhosis (irreversible lesions, scarring, and destruction of liver cells). Impairs the liver's ability to remove yellow pigment, and skin appears yellow (jaundice). Decreases production of blood-clotting factors; may cause uncontrolled bleeding. Liver accumulates fat which can cause liver failure ("alcoholic fatty liver"), coma and death.

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