Alcohol is a drug, but unlike the other drug , marijuana,cocaine, heroine, and probably all the others for somereason this is socially accepted and is legal. Alcohol is badfor you and does have long term affects associated with it. Such as the long addiction to it, effects on the body, andthe social interaction effects.
Alcohol, and alcoholism iscommon in America, but drinking is more common aroundkids. Social drinking a term kids and drinkers have comeaccustom to, social drinking is defined by one standarddrink per hour, and no more than 3 per day, but somepeople just socialize around people that drink as heavily asthey do and confuse that for social drinking. Addiction toalcohol can be acquired easily if not careful, binge drinkingand family history are all keys in the identification ofaddiction. Family history could be linked to alcoholism byfinding out if your family had problems in the past withalcohol, and it is determined by studies that genes haveeffects on alcohol. Alcohol is a drug, but legal unlike theother drugs on the street, in my opinion drugs are allharmful to the body, and can have serious problems to youin the long run. Alcohol can effect the body in multipleways.
The tranquilizing effects of being drunk, acts like astimulate, but is a depressant, and causes the brain to lowerself control, and impairs vision, other senses and effectsbodily coordination. This tranquilizing effect is effected bythe consumption or other wise intake of alcohol has seriouseffects on the liver, the heart, and the brain. The alcoholconsumption effects all these and have an overallpersonality change when signs of alcoholism begin. Alcoholoverall has a detrimental effect over the body and the mind.
I do believe alcohol is a drug and like other drugs whichare not legalized in the U. S. it is still really bad for you. Also from alcohol a big risk is in evolved with drunkdriving, and getting alcohol poisoning. Both of thesepossible consequences are a big factor when someonedrinks irresponsibly, Drunk driving accidents, and deathshappen to much to not notice and to know that drinking is abig cause of deaths in the year.
Alcohol poisoning has agreater chance of killing you because the effects are theusual drunken depressant effects but it slowly gets worse asyou slip into coma, and if not taken care of die. Socialdrinking and effects one can have on someones personalityis usually a drastic change. From this I mean I can speakfrom experience, one of my friends is an alcoholic from myperspective every chance he gets he drinks and if that iscompromised his personality does somersaults, andchanges into a mean self centered alcoholic, but anytimehes not drunk he seems normal but close interaction wouldprove to be that he has a personality problem, and a severeattitude. What I am trying to say is that my friend is myfriend and hes been through concealing, and (AA) classesand still he struggles to be intoxicated every chance he gets,but hes still my friend and I think if I was true friend Iwould help and stop him from drinking but if I do I just getshunned as he looks at me in discaust. Alcohol is in nomeans a good drug.
From what I know and haveexperienced alcohol is just an open window for a long lifeof problems and difficulties, and just make growing upharder. It leaves the body sespetiblle to self infliction byscrewing up the only bodily organs you have in life and whysomeone would want to risk there chances of death, andlife long hardship is beyond me. Alcohol is a drug and asnow is legal in the U. S.
and if that changes it will in myopinion advance our society mentally and make usstronger, and the body, and mind already suffer as it is inour society, but to put added pressure and infliction onthem is not a wise decision. Science
