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New York Drug Rehab knows that alcohol affects people
differently, depending on their size, sex, body build, and metabolism.
It has been shown that women metabolize alcohol up to three times slower than men, which leads to higher blood alcohol levels and more severe physiological damage. General effects are a feeling of warmth, flushed skin, impaired
judgment, decreased inhibitions, muscular in coordination, slurred
speech, and memory and comprehension loss. In states of extreme
intoxication, vomiting is likely to occur, possibly accompanied
by incontinence, poor respiration, a fall in blood pressure, and
in cases of severe alcohol poisoning, coma and death. To discuss this and other alcohol issues wth a professional counselor, call New York Drug Rehab at 1-866-403-8467.
Drinking heavily over a short period of time usually results in
a "hangover" - headache, nausea, shakiness, and sometimes
vomiting, beginning from 8 to 12 hours later. A hangover is due
partly to poisoning by alcohol and other components of the drink,
and partly to the body's reaction to withdrawal from alcohol.
Combining alcohol with other drugs can make the effects of these
other drugs much stronger and more dangerous. Many accidental deaths
have occurred after people have used alcohol combined with other
drugs. Cannabis, tranquillizers, barbiturates and other sleeping
pills, or antihistamines (in cold, cough, and allergy remedies)
should not be taken with alcohol. Even a small amount of alcohol
with any of these drugs can seriously impair a person's ability
to drive a car.
People who drink on a regular basis become tolerant to many of the
unpleasant effects of alcohol, and thus are able to drink more before
suffering these effects. Yet even with increased consumption, many
such drinkers don't appear intoxicated. Because they continue to
work and socialize reasonably well, their deteriorating physical
condition may go unrecognized by others until severe damage develops
- or until they are hospitalized for other reasons and suddenly
experience alcohol withdrawal symptoms.
Psychological dependence on alcohol may occur with regular use of
even relatively moderate daily amounts. It may also occur in people
who consume alcohol only under certain conditions, such as before
and during social occasions. This form of dependence refers to a
craving for alcohol's psychological effects, although not necessarily
in amounts that produce serious intoxication. For psychologically
dependent drinkers, the lack of alcohol tends to make them anxious
and, in some cases, panicky.
Physical dependence occurs in consistently heavy drinkers. Since
their bodies have adapted to the presence of alcohol, they suffer
withdrawal symptoms if they suddenly stop drinking. Withdrawal symptoms
range from jumpiness, sleeplessness, sweating, and poor appetite,
to tremors (the "shakes"), convulsions. hallucinations. and sometimes
death.
Alcohol abuse can take a negative toll on people's lives, fostering
violence or a deterioration of personal relationships. Alcoholic
behavior can interfere with school or career goals and lead to unemployment.
Long term alcohol abuse poses a variety of health risks, such as
as liver damage and an increased risk for heart disease. Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome may result from a pregnant woman's drinking alcohol; this
condition causes facial abnormalities in the child, as well as growth
retardation and brain damage, which often is manifested by intellectual
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