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Short Term effects of Alcohol on the Brain

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Short Term effects of Alcohol on the Brain

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Alcohol acts on the neurotransmitters known as GABA, glutamate, and dopamine. This is why the brain begins to slow down in relation to brain activity and reaction time. Alcohol also affects the dopamine, as the "reward" system activates, causing the individual to feel pleasure, and the desire to drink more.

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All of the symptoms listed above can be "amplified" if alcohol is consumed with other illegal substances such as drugs.

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When an individual takes high doses of alcohol, vomiting, breathing difficulties, uncontrollable urination, breathing problems, comas, and even death is possible.

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Take it up a notch, and individuals who intake "medium" doses of alcohol start to show slurred speech, poor vision, increased urine production, lower body temperature, sleepiness, and more blood flow to the skin.

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In lower doses of alcohol, an individual will slowly start to have minimal impaired vision, slower reaction times, reduced brain activity, and signs of slurred speach

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When alcohol is consumed often, and/or the use of alcohol is abused, short term effects can start to take toll on the individual in very bad ways.

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Short terms of alcohol effect people in different ways; the following effects are what could happen to one if they were to consume alcohol excessively.

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Naman Luthra