People and alcohol

[Peach]

People who care on the amount drinked are not likely to become alcoholic-addicted?
In fact, things are going the other way around. They are convinced that drink the optimal quantity, but in the end are much less aware than others of the fact that drinking too much.
Almost half of the social health problems are related to alcohol.

[Peach]

Does alcohol influences sexuality?
Consumed in small doses, alcohol appears to increase sexual desire (actually, it merely reduce the inhibitions) but can cause difficulties in terms of level of excitation, if consumed in large quantities. When it comes to chronic and massive consumption may occur some permanent effects - impotence for men, lack of vaginal lubrication for women, difficulty reaching orgasm.

[Peach]

If a woman is addicted to alcohol before or during birth,what are the consequences to the fetus?
If a woman dependent ceases to drink alcohol before getting pregnant, the fetus will not suffer. The only possible consequences of the consumption of alcohol before pregnancy will be the mother's health. If a woman is pregnant and alcoholic drinks are continuesd to be drunk during pregnancy, it involves a number of risks in terms of the fetus.

[Peach]

Do we reduce the level of alcohol if we mix alcohol with juice or water?
Absolutely not! Mixing alcohol with fruit juice or water does not affect in any way the amount of alcohol per liter of blood. Alcohol remains directly related to the amount of alcohol in glass. Most of the alcohol ingested (98%) is absorbed, then eliminated by liver (and nearly all of the kidney), lungs and the skin.

[Laurentine]

Social drinking ...is the most common source of alcohol dependency. We meet with friends, drink a beer, a few glasses of wine. When we visit relatives, it's not nice to refuse if they offer a drink. Namely this weakness of character brings people down, making them addict to alcohol. Once you realize it isn't doing you good, just say "Thank you, but I don't drink".

[Laurentine]

In order to to get rid of the stress caused by managers during the daytime as well as for simply relaxing, people use to go to bars after work, instead of going home and normally take the dinner. Alcohol on empty stomach damages the latter and may generate ulcer. If you want to have a drink, make sure you eat something before or once having the drink.

[Laurentine]

People like to think that drink makes them forget problems...... however it's a myth. You should understand that alcohol can't physically solve your problems. So what if you get drunk one eveninng? The next morning you wake up with your head aching, you realize the problem is still holding your hand, it's still there, so instead of "forgetting".

[Laurentine]

Does drinking make us to communicate more easily? Yes, maybe alcoholic drinks untie us and we get in touch easier. Yet, if you were to hear the discussions within a group of drunk people, I doubt you'd drink again. The discussions are so useless and often stupid, that they only bring down our intellectual level.

[Laurentine]

If you do not drink at parties you can not feel good? The solution is inside your head! Determine your priorities - is it drinking that makes you happy? Oh, come on! You visit the party because your friends are waiting for you there, because the music coming out from speakers is nice. Alcohol deserves no priority, it's on the background.

[Laurentine]

Mixing alcoholic drinks is quite dangerous. Sometimes it may cause death from too much vomit. For example, drinking vodka and mixing it with beer will make you drunk only in a few minutes. Also, it's not good mixing red wine with white wine, especially at parties, as you may have the worst time in your life, spent in bathroom :?

[Laurentine]

To date, researchers haven't reached any common conclusion on the minimum amount of alcohol that a pregnant woman can consume so that the child is not affected. But in order to feel safe, the entire pregnancy period must be far from alcohol. A pregnant woman who consume alcohol often likely to give birth to a child with severe mental disabilities.

[Laurentine]

Stay balanced!
Always stay balanced and keep spotlights upon yourself. A glass or two of wine at one occasion is not a problem, as long as you don't like this habit. It's great to always take your partner/wife/husband with you, who will take you home in time, so you could stop abusing of alcohol.

[Laurentine]

Can mothers consume alcohol during the breastfeeding period?
OF COURSE THEY CAN'T! Ban or limit yourself in consuming of alcohol and subsequently maintain the appearance of your baby, especially if you breastfeed, since the milk absorbs that alcohol as well, and in turn it goes to your baby. Take care.

[gemma]

At first, I really don't understand why people like to drink a bitter alcoholic beverage that will cause extreme headache. Now I know why. But i couldn't justify why some people do it almost every day.

[aimhigh]

alcohol makes the brain and memory go fuzzy, that's why people who has a problem drink to forget what’s troubling them, at least for a night.

[Steven]

At first, I really don't understand why people like to drink a bitter alcoholic beverage that will cause extreme headache. Now I know why. But i couldn't justify why some people do it almost every day.

those people are sick ... because alcohol cause illness called alcohol addiction, like cigarettes or drugs....is a serious illness of which many does not treat, of which are destroy a lot of families, or important people may become unimportant!

[Riser]

At first, I really don't understand why people like to drink a bitter alcoholic beverage that will cause extreme headache. Now I know why. But i couldn't justify why some people do it almost every day.

Dependence and alcohol abuse!
Alcohol is the substance of abuse the most widely available and most acceptable cultural.Consumul moderate alcohol is a common practice in a certain time of life, approximately 90% of Europeans consume alcohol, but alcohol-related problems occur in approximately 30% of drinkers. The definition of alcoholism is related to evidence of repeated damage due to alcohol in many areas of operation, despite which the person returns to drinking!

[Riser]

Disorders associated with alcoholism are divided into 3 groups:
..disorders related to the direct effects associated with alcohol: intoxication, withdrawal, withdrawal delirium and alcoholic hallucination;
..disorders related to behavior associated with alcohol: alcohol abuse and addiction;
..disorders with persistent effects: amnestica persistent disorder, dementia, Wernicke encephalopathy and Korsakoff syndrome.

[Riser]

Alcohol dependence is a paternal of excessive use of alcohol, in the presence of three or more major areas of impairment related to alcohol, appear in the same period 12 months. These areas include tolerance or withdrawal, re-use despite the consequences of somatic or psychological effects and repeated unsuccessful attempts to control alcohol intake.

[Riser]

Diagnostic criteria for dependence on alcohol and other drugs are:
1. Tolerance, manifested by any of the following:
need for increased amounts of the substance to achieve intoxication or desired effect;
less marked effect on the continuation of the same quantity of substance use
2. Withdrawal, manifested by any of the following:
withdrawal syndrome the characteristic of substance ;
to reduce or avoid withdrawal symptoms is taken the same substance, or other closely related to it.
3. The substance is often taken in larger amounts or over a longer period of time than was intended;

[Riser]

4. There is a persistent desire or unsuccessful efforts to reduce or control substance use;
5. It spends more time with activities necessary to obtain the substance, for substance use or for recovery after effects;
6. Social activities, occupational or recreational importance were abandoned or reduced because of substance use;
7. Substance use is continued despite knowledge of having a problem of persistent or recurrent physical or psychological, which probably was caused or exacerbated by substance.

[Riser]

Alcohol abuse is diagnosed when alcohol is used in dangerous situations of the physical point of view. Alcohol abuse differs from addiction to alcohol by not including tolerance and withdrawal or compulsive pattern of use, in exchange for abuse are the defining negative consequences of repeated using . Alcohol abuse can develop addiction to alcohol and drinking patterns maladaptative may include continuous use, weekend intoxication or "series" of drinking interspersed with periods of abstinence.

[Riser]

For treatment of alcohol abuse and dependence, the patient must first accept that he has a problem, to seek treatment and to cooperate with the psychiatrist and psychotherapist. Initial treatment requires rehab, followed by psychotherapy in order to reduce the risk of relapse.

[Riser]

Psychotherapist will follow in particular the increase patient motivation to maintain abstinence and use strategies for its behavior in relation to unexpected opportunities for alcohol consumption.
It is often necessary and family therapy, focused on the description of the effects that alcohol has on the rest of the patient's family members.

[Riser]

The good news is that research carried out shows that moderate alcohol consumption is not only not harmful, but in contrast, has beneficial effects on cardiac activity.
According to a survey conducted in January 2003 and published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the best health effects it is consumption, consistently and weighted, of a single type of alcoholic beverage.