What is alcohol use and abuse

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Alcohol affects different people in a different way. Some of the people often like to enjoy a drink of alcohol occasionally. However, some of the people are not able to control their drinking alcohol habits. Here the problem arises which starts with the uncontrollable desire of consuming alcohol. But that does not mean all the people have alcohol dependency. AT this stage, you need to know that alcohol abuse is different from alcohol dependency. Alcohol abusers drink too much alcohol and this drinking habit results in a poor decision, poor judgement and risky behaviour. But, they are not wholly dependent on consuming alcohol. On the other hand, in alcoholism, one needs to have alcohol daily.

It does not matter whether it is alcohol use and abuse or alcoholism; both are responsible for causing severe health issues resulting in the death of persons. The disorders get sometimes very bad for osteoporosis and cancer. Alcohol abuse also raises problems in diagnosing other health-related severe diseases. It has some really bad effects on the circulatory system, directly affecting the heart of body.

The drinking habits put their health and personal relationship in jeopardize along with affecting their productivity to do any work. There are life threating conditions due to alcohol use and abuse.

Symptoms of alcohol use and abuse

If a person is having a high concentration of alcohol in his body system, then he will show certain symptoms which are as follows:

  • Frequent blackouts; The person remains conscious but he does not have a memory of that moment.
  • Risky behaviour
  • Poor decision making
  • Frequent gaps in his memory power
  • Face difficulty in concentrating
  • Less control on body movements
  • Slurred speech
  • Slow reflexes of body

Its high concentration in blood will also result in breathing problems and can also give rise to circumstances of coma.

Consuming alcohol often results in following mis-happenings:

  • Fighting
  • Falls
  • Accidents
  • Drowning
  • Suicide

Here, we present the symptoms of alcoholism:

  • Strong desire for drinking alcohol
  • Cannot control craving for drinking alcohol
  • Tolerance for alcohol increases

Symptoms of alcohol use and abuse are as follows:

  • Neglecting their social and family responsibilities
  • Drinking for relaxation
  • Having personal and work-related problems
  • Driving

How Alcohol use and abuse is diagnosed?

Diagnosing alcohol abuse is little subjective. The effects of alcohol abuse can be short term as well as long-term leading to liver damage, sexual dysfunction and alcohol poisoning. There are increased chances of heart diseases, brain damage and cirrhosis.

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