Everyone knows that alcohol is bad for your health. But it is still used in large quantities. Each country has its own national alcoholic beverage and even has a culture of use. Alcohol has been and will exist for generations. Despite its well-known harmful effects on the body, this world does not stop drinking. It is firmly embedded in our culture.
But you are not everyone and can resist this "drinking culture". Recognizing how harmful alcohol is can help. So here you find facts you could never have known.
FACT 1. ALCOHOL LEADS TO DEATH AND DISABILITY
Alcohol abuse is fatal in the early stages of life. In the 20-39 age group, about 13. 5% of deaths are alcohol related.
FACT 2. CHANGE IN MENTAL STATE
Long-term alcohol consumption has been shown to alter a person's mental state. There is aggression, depression, depression, unreasonable entry into conflicts.
FACT 3. INFECTIOUS DISEASES
A causal link has recently been established between harmful alcohol use and communicable diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV / AIDS.
FACT 4. A GLASS OF DRY WINE WILL BE THE PROCESS OF AJ
A glass of hearing wine suppresses the brain for 12-15 days. Frequent use of alcohol significantly increases the time of brain side effects.
ACTUAL 5, 80% of suicides CONTAIN IN ALCOHOL
A forensic medical study found that nearly 80% of suicides occur in people under the influence of alcohol. More than 75% of all rape, murder, robbery and robbery are illegal crimes.
FACT 6. REDUCED LIFE EXTENSION
Continuous alcohol consumption leads to premature aging. The life expectancy of people prone to drunkenness is 15-20 years shorter than the statistical average.
FACT 7. ALCOHOL Prevents Sexual Attraction
It is generally accepted that alcohol acts as an aphrodisiac and is increasingly attracting people to sex, but this is not the case. Scientists have proven that you can’t drink alcohol before sex. In fact, alcohol slows down a person and prevents them from getting an erection. And what happens is that the more alcohol there is in the blood, the faster the brain’s ability to respond to sexual stimulation decreases.
FACT 8. THE NEGATIVE EFFECT OF ALCOHOL ON WOMEN'S SKILLS FOR THE ADOPTION OF CHILDREN
A Danish group of scientists studied 6, 120 women aged 21-45. Each of the participants was in regular contact with their partner and was actively trying to conceive. None of the participants received fertility treatment.
All participants drank alcohol: beer, red or white wine, dessert wine, or other alcoholic beverages. The study also took into account the number of sexual acts and the presence of bad habits in each partner (use of alcohol, smoking, and more). A total of 4, 210 participants (69%) were able to become pregnant during the study.
According to the results of the study, the scientists showed that only 37 women who consumed alcohol (14 or more drinks a week) got pregnant. Participants who abstained from alcohol - 1381 women may become pregnant. Scientists have calculated that consuming this amount of alcohol reduces the chances of getting pregnant by 18%.
FACT 9. ETHYL ALCOHOL CONTENT IN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
What is ethyl alcohol? And why is it harmful to our bodies? “Ethyl alcohol is a highly flammable, colorless liquid with a characteristic odor; strong drug that causes agitation and then paralysis of the nervous system ". This definition is given in the official GOST 183000 - 72 5. Page 1. ethyl alcohol in 1972. Unfortunately, after these, the definition changed the real essence of the alcohol-drug mafiawhich can be tracked in GOST.
FACT 10. MALFUNCTION OF MOVEMENT COORDINATION
In intoxicated people, the coordination of movements is impaired in the case of heavy alcohol consumption. When solving any task, the number of errors increases in order to perform normal work operations.
FACT 11. ALCOHOL DEPENDENT
Alcohol, like any drug, is addictive. Alcoholism is a serious chronic disease, most often difficult to cure. For alcoholics, the state of intoxication is the best psychological state. This thirst in such a state prevents a person from stopping drinking.
FACT 12. HOT WHITE
Delirium tremens is an alcoholic psychosis. It most often occurs in a hangover condition. Insomnia, hand tremors, unfounded fears, auditory and visual fraud (shadow movement, noise, calls) appear. Man suffers from alcohol dependence, reacts violently to his hallucinations, escapes or defends himself from persecution.
FACT 13. Murders ARE COMMITTED UNDER ALCOHOL
According to official figures, 82% of homicides in the Russian Federation are committed under the influence of alcohol. This was proved by RosPravosudie. In criminal cases, the text of 348 thousand court decisions was taken over. This is about half of the decisions made in the same period. Each text indicated “they drank alcoholic beverages, ” “they were in a state of alcoholic drunkenness, ” and so on.
FACT 14. WOMEN SLEEP FASTER THAN MEN
It is a proven fact that women drink four times faster than men for biological reasons. Children in such families deteriorate five times faster.
FACT 15: ALCOHOLISM FOR PARENT-TRANSPORTED CHILDREN
In a family where parents are addicted to alcohol, 89% of children and adolescents are also addicted to alcohol. The reasons for this are:
- Lack of family ideology.
- An example of an alcoholic parent.
- Single parent family.
- Lack of parental attention.
A very small percentage of childhood alcoholism where both parents in the family do not consume alcohol at all.
FACT 16. ALCOHOL ACCEPTS PEOPLE
This "parasite" is capable of exterminating a huge population. This is how the American Indians were bred not with firearms but with "waterfire. "And now compare Russia's current statistics: men use alcohol - 99, 5%, women - 96, 4%. The numbers are staggering.
FACT 17. MORE INFLUENCE OF TEACHERS ON ALCOHOL ADDICTION
During adolescence, the human body develops and shapes, so during this period their bodies are more sensitive and therefore the development of addiction occurs in an accelerated mode in 2-3 years (the earlier the child tastes alcohol, the faster).
FACT 18. THE EFFECT OF ALCOHOL ON ITS CHARACTERISTICS
With the use of alcohol, the child becomes more irritable, with increased aggression, isolation, decreased social sensitivity, degradation, and mental activity of the brain, and thus also school performance. Most often, such adolescents grow into sociopaths who do not understand the moral side of the issue.
FACT 19. THE THIRD POPULAR CAUSE OF DEATH IS ALCOHOL POISONING
In Russia, half a million people die every day from alcohol poisoning. Poisoning is caused by a poison in alcohol. It shortens life expectancy by 20 years, not to mention its quality and impact.
FACT 20. THE EFFECT OF ALCOHOL ON WOMEN'S APPEARANCE
It is an obvious fact that alcohol greatly affects a woman's appearance. When used, the skin ages faster, the body is destroyed and the teeth deteriorate. The woman will be ugly, unkempt and aggressive.
FACT 21. ACCEPTING THE EFFECTIVE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL ON CHILDREN'S FRUITS
Every woman knows about this, but on the streets we still meet girls or women who in this situation do not deny themselves a glass of wine. But even this glass can harm the child.
However, if the expectant mother regularly consumes alcohol during pregnancy, the baby will develop fetal alcohol syndrome (fetal alcohol syndrome). These children often have disorders of the external organs, arms, and legs. small, the head disproportionate to the body. These children grow up and develop slowly compared to other children.
FACT 22. NEGATIVE EFFECT
Alcohol has a negative effect on the small intestine. It changes the structure of cells and all the beneficial substances cease to be normally absorbed by the body. It also has a negative effect on the stomach. The mucous membranes are damaged, epithelial cells, and the secretion of gastric juice is interrupted. In this regard, alcohol can cause diseases such as: gastritis, pancreatitis, various types of ulcers, diabetes.
FACT 23. THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL ON THE LIVER
The liver is a very important "mechanism" for our body, serving as a kind of filter for us that protects our body. Prolonged use of alcohol results in an inflammatory process called "alcohol depatitis" followed by the well-known "liver cirrhosis".
FACT 24. ALCOHOL AND CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
A common negative effect of alcohol on the heart is its growth. Active consumption leads to heart attacks, strokes and usually destroys the cardiovascular system. It is also contraindicated for heart patients and alcohol in small doses.
FACT 25. THE LOSS OF FAMILY AND SOCIAL STATUS
In addition to being harmful to health, alcohol can completely ruin a person’s entire life. When a person has been drinking alcohol for years, it leads to the destruction of the family, loss of work, loss of friends, self-marking. and other consequences.
FACT 26. EFFECTS ON THE KIDNEY
Kidneys are also at high risk if they consume alcohol. During their frequent use, they collect many toxic substances that are contained in alcohol, then the tissues of the organs are modified and various diseases such as necrosis progress, kidney stones, kidney failure and other diseases.
FACT 27. THE BRAIN HAPPENS
Alcohol is very dangerous to our brains. Ethanol penetrates all systems of our brain. It begins to trigger thrombosis, after which the blood vessels rupture and the nerve cells die in the brain.
FACT 28. THE EFFECT OF ALCOHOL ON SPERM
Not only do doctors recommend giving up alcohol a week before the tests. Ethinol negatively affects the condition of sperm and you should abstain from alcohol for at least 3 months to improve the condition.
FACT 29. FREE EMPLOYED WOMEN HAVE MORE CAPACITY TO THE HOUSE
No wonder like attracts like. Due to the fact that alcohol triggers aggression and changes human behavior, beatings often occur in such families.
FACT 30. FATHER'S ALCOHOLISM NEGATIVELY EFFECTS A GIRL'S BIRTH
Why is paternal alcoholism more dangerous for a girl than when a boy is born? Paternal alcoholism causes great trauma to the girl as the image of the father is projected onto the image of the man as a whole.
Everyone chooses whether to drink or not. However, before you decide to take a bottle of beer, don’t think about yourself first, but about those around you. After all, harm them first.