Everyone knows that alcohol is harmful to health. Even so, they continue to use it in large quantities. Each country has its own national alcoholic drink, and even there is a culture of its use. Alcohol was and will exist for more than a generation. Despite its known harmful effects on the body, this world will not stop drinking. It is firmly anchored in our culture.
But you are not everyone and you can resist this "drinking culture". And realizing how harmful alcohol really is can help you with that. So here you will find facts that you may not have known.
FACT 1. ALCOHOL LEADS TO DEATH AND DISABILITY
Alcohol abuse is fatal early in life. In the 20- to 39-year-old age group, approximately 13. 5% of deaths are alcohol-related.
FACT 2. CHANGE OF THE MENTAL STATE
It has been proven that long-term alcohol consumption changes a person's mental state. There is aggression, depression, depression, unreasonable entry into conflict.
FACT 3. INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Recently, a causal link has been established between harmful alcohol consumption and the occurrence of infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV / AIDS.
FACT 4. GLASS OF DRY WINE EXTENDS THE BRAIN PROCESS
A glass of listening wine suppresses the brain for 12-15 days. With frequent consumption of alcohol, the time of harmful effects on the brain increases significantly.
FACT 5, 80% of suicides occur under alcohol
Almost 80% of suicides occur after the forensic examination is completed in people under the influence of alcohol. More than 75% of all rape, murder, robbery and robbery are also based on the conscience of criminals who have committed illegal crimes and intoxicated acts.
FACT 6. REDUCED LIFE EXTENSION
Constant consumption of alcohol leads to premature aging. The life expectancy of people who get drunk is 15 to 20 years below the statistical average.
FACT 7. ALCOHOL INHIBIT SEXUAL ATTRACTION
It is generally accepted that alcohol acts as an aphrodisiac and increasingly seduces people into sex, but it is not. Scientists have proven that you cannot drink alcohol before sex. In fact, alcohol slows a man down and prevents him from achieving an erection. And what happens, this is because the more alcohol there is in the blood, the faster the brain's ability to respond to sexual stimulation decreases.
FACT 8. ALCOHOL NEGATELY INFLUENCES A WOMAN'S ABILITY TO CONCEPT A CHILD
A team of Danish scientists examined 6. 120 women between the ages of 21 and 45 years. All participants had a regular relationship with their partner and were actively trying to get pregnant. None of the participants received fertility treatment.
Each of the 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 (usealcohol, smoking, and more). A total of 4, 210 participants (69%) became pregnant during the study.
As a result of the study, scientists showed that women who consumed alcohol (14 or more drinks per week) only 37 became pregnant. Those participants who abstained from alcohol - 1381 women managed to get pregnant. Scientists have calculated that drinking this amount of alcohol reduces the chance of pregnancy by 18%.
FACT 9. ETHYL ALCOHOL CONTENT IN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
What is ethyl alcohol? And why is it harmful to our body? “Ethyl alcohol is a highly flammable, colorless liquid with a characteristic odor. It is a powerful drug that causes arousal and then paralysis. nervous system ". This definition is given by the official GOST 183000 - 72 p. 5. 1. for ethyl alcohol in 1972. Unfortunately, after that, under pressure from the alcohol-drug mafia, which can be traced back, the definition changed its true essence in GOST.
FACT 10. MOVEMENT COORDINATION ERROR
In a drunk person, coordination of movements is impaired by high alcohol consumption. The number of errors in solving tasks increases in order to carry out the usual operations.
FACT 11. ALCOHOL IS DEPENDENT
Alcohol is a drug, like any drug, it is addicting. Alcoholism is a serious chronic disease that is usually difficult to cure. For an alcoholic, the state of intoxication is the best psychological state. This thirst is prevented in such a state that a person stops drinking.
FACT 12. HOT WHITE
Delirium tremens is an alcoholic psychosis. Most often occurs in a hangover condition. It is accompanied by insomnia, trembling of the hands, unfounded fears, acoustic and visual illusions (movement of shadows, noise, shouts). Man suffers from alcohol addiction, reacts violently to hallucinations, flees or defends himself from persecution.
FACT 13. MURDERERS ARE OBLIGED UNDER ALCOHOLIC DRINKING
According to official information, 82% of murders in the Russian Federation are committed under the influence of alcohol. This has been proven by RosPravosudie. They took 348, 000 texts from court decisions in criminal matters. This is roughly half the decisions made in the same period. In all the texts, the following was stated: “They drank alcoholic beverages, ” “were in a state of alcoholic intoxication, ” and so on.
FACT 14. WOMEN SLEEP FASTER FASTER than MEN
It has been proven that women drink four times faster than men for biological reasons. Children in such families are broken down five times faster.
FACT 15: ALCOHOLISM IS PASSED ON FROM THE PARENTS TO A CHILD
In a family where parents are addicted to alcohol, 89% of children and adolescents are also addicted to alcohol. The reasons are:
- Lack of family ideology.
- An example for parents who are alcoholic.
- Single parent family.
- Lack of parental attention.
A very small percentage of child alcoholism in which both parents in the family do not drink alcohol at all.
FACT 16. ALCOHOL CONSUMES THE POPULATION
This "parasite" can exterminate large numbers of the population. The Indians were not bred with firearms but with "water fire". And now let's compare the statistics of Russia at the moment: men usealcohol - 99. 5%, women - 96. 4%. The numbers are staggering.
FACT 17. YOUNG PEOPLE ARE MORE DETECTED OF ALCOHOLIC DEPENDENCE
In adolescence, the human body develops and forms, therefore during this period his body is more sensitive and therefore the formation of addiction occurs more rapidly in 2-3 years (the earlier the child tasted alcohol, the faster).
FACT 18. ALCOHOL INFLUENCES YOUR CHARACTER
With the consumption of alcohol the child becomes more irritable, increases aggression, isolation, decreased social sensitivity, humiliation and also the mental activity of the brain, which also increases the school performance. Most of the time, such young people become sociopaths who do not understand the moral side of the problem.
FACT 19. THE THIRD POPULAR CAUSE OF DEATH IS ALCOHOL TOXIC
Half a million people in Russia die of alcohol poisoning every day. Poisoning occurs due to the poison that contains alcohol. It shortens life expectancy by 20 years, not to mention its quality and effects.
FACT 20. ALCOHOL INFLUENCES THE APPEARANCE OF A WOMAN
It's 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 becomes ugly, unkempt, and aggressive.
FACT 21. ASSUMPTION OF THE ALCOHOLIC INFLUENCE ON THE FRUIT OF A CHILD
Every woman knows about it, but on the streets we still meet girls or women who do not refuse a glass of wine in this position. But this glass can also harm the child.
However, if the expectant mother takes alcohol regularly during pregnancy, the baby will develop fetal alcohol syndrome (fetal alcohol syndrome). These children often have deformities of the external organs, arms and legs. small, the head is disproportionate to the body. These children grow up and develop slowly compared to other children.
FACT 22. NEGATIVE EFFECTS
Alcohol has a negative effect on the small intestine. It changes the structure of cells and all beneficial substances are normally no longer absorbed by the body. It also has a negative effect on the stomach. The mucous membrane is damaged and dies epithelial cells, the secretion of gastric juice is disturbed. In this regard, alcohol can cause such diseases as: gastritis, pancreatitis, various types of ulcer, diabetes.
FACT 23. EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL ON THE LIVER
The liver is a very important "mechanism" for our body, it serves as a kind of filter that protects our body. With prolonged consumption of alcohol, an inflammatory process called "alcohol epatitis" occurs, and then the known "cirrhosis of the liver" occurs.
FACT 24. ALCOHOL AND CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
A common negative effect of alcohol on the heart, its increase. Active consumption leads to heart attacks, strokes and generally destroys the cardiovascular system. For those with heart disease, alcohol, even in small doses, is contraindicated.
FACT 25. LOSS OF FAMILY AND SOCIAL STATUS
In addition to the fact that alcohol is harmful to health, it also completely destroys a person's entire life. If a person has been drinking alcohol for many years, it leads to family destruction, loss of job, loss of friends, and complacency and other consequences.
FACT 26. EFFECTS ON NIER
The kidneys are also at high risk when drinking alcohol. With frequent use, they collect a lot of poisonous substances that alcohol contains, and then the tissues of organs are changed and various diseases such as necrosis progress. Kidney stones, kidney failure and other diseases.
FACT 27. THE BRAIN IS BROKEN
Alcohol is very dangerous for our brain. Ethanol penetrates all systems of our brain. It begins to provoke a thrombosis, after which blood vessels burst and neurons in the brain die.
FACT 28. EFFECT OF ALCOHOL ON semen
Doctors not only recommend abstaining from alcohol a week before the tests. Etinol has a negative effect on the condition of sperm. In order for the condition to improve, alcohol must be avoided for at least 3 months.
FACT 29. WOMEN WHO DRINK CAN DO MORE AT HOME
No wonder that like is attracted to like. Beatings occur frequently in such families due to the fact that alcohol causes aggression and changes in human behavior.
FACT 30. The father's alcoholism has a negative effect on the birth of a daughter
Why is fatherly alcoholism more dangerous for a daughter than when giving birth to a son? Paternal alcoholism inflicts great trauma on the girl, as the image of the father is projected onto the image of the whole man.
Everyone has a choice to drink or not. But before you decide on a bottle of beer, first think about not yourself, but about those who are around. After all, you harm them in the first place.