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Age Group and Gender That IS Largely Affected by Alcohol

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Age Group and Gender That IS Largely Affected by Alcohol

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-Alcohol addiction and abuse can range all the way from teenagers to an elderly person
-Alcohol addiction can run through genetics which is why some people will never touch a drop of alcohol because they know alcohol addiction runs deep in their family
-Women are more affected by alcohol because alcohol travels through their bloodstream faster than men so it doesn't take as much time or alcohol for females to get drunk

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-Alcohol isn't dangerous taken in small amount but when you drink it in large amounts or chronically over time that's when it becomes dangerous
-Heavy to moderate drinkers suffer brain shrinkage and loss of brain cells
-Heavy drinking can cause fatty deposits in the liver which damages the liver and a liver that is damaged can not process nutrients from food or eliminate toxins in the blood
-Abuse of alcohol can cause internal bleeding in the stomach
-Excessive drinking doubles the risk of cancer of the gullet it also trebles the risk of cancer of the throat as well and quadruples the risk of cancer of the voice box.
-There is evidence that it can increase the risk of breast cancer
-Alcohol can heighten anxiety its also a common factor in depression, as well as that it is estimated that alcohol has been apart of 65% of suicide attempts
-Dependency is huge with alcohol, those who are dependent on drinking a lot expeirence serious withdrawal symptoms when they don´t have alcohol

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https://www.helpguide.org/harvard/how-addiction-hijacks-the-brain.htm
alcohol.addictionblog.org/how-does-alcohol-make-you-drunk/
http://www.hermantown.k12.mn.us/staff_directory/Ellen_Minter/myweb9dj/damaged_organs.htm
www.healthline.com/health/alcohol/effects-on-body

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Background Information About Addiction and Alcohol

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Background Information About Addiction and Alcohol

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-Addiction comes from a latin word meaning enslaved by or bound to
-The reason alcohol gets you drunk is because when it is ingested it alters the body's molecule
-Nearly 23 million AMericans or 1 out of 10 people are addicted to alcohol or drugs
-More than 2/3 of people with an addiction abuse alcohol
-Alcohol causes more unnecessary deaths and trauma than any other illegal drug in the country combined

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What Happens to The Brain When Someone is Addicted to Alcohol?

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What Happens to The Brain When Someone is Addicted to Alcohol?

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-When your brain is addicted to something it has no control over its use, craving for the object of addiction, and continuing to use the object no matter the consequences all of these are true for addiction to alcohol
-Alcohol hijacks the brain and messes up it's functions the first thing that happens when someone is addicted to alcohol is the recognition of pleasure changes and a drive to compulsive behavior happens
-All drugs of abuse like alcohol cause a particularly powerful surge of pleasure when being used which is why people get addicted to it because they depend on that pleasure
-When using an addictive substance the front of the brain gets flooded with dopamine(The brain's pleasure hormone)too fast and the hippocampus lays down memories of this rush of satisfaction, so this rush of pleasure is why people get addicted