| e quick and simple ways that we can care for our | | | | that act on the brain, such as tranquillisers. If we drink it |
| skin. Nourish your skin by eating the proper foods. This | | | | regularly, we find that it has less effect on us. We |
| means a healthy and balanced diet. A healthy and | | | | need to drink more and more to get the effect we |
| balanced diet promotes general well-being and | | | | want. This is called 'tolerance' and is a powerful part of |
| optimizes the body to function at its best. To have | | | | becoming addicted to alcohol. |
| healthy skin, eat plenty of seed food, i.e. fruits that | | | | There are ways to recognize people who have |
| contain seeds, and vegetables - organic is better as it | | | | alcohol problems. If you are concerned about your |
| contains additional nutrients. Drink plenty of water. The | | | | drinking habits or those of someone close to you, here |
| recommended eight glasses of water a day is | | | | are a few ways to determine if alcohol is indeed a |
| essential in maintaining the elasticity and suppleness of | | | | problem: If you are a woman who has more than |
| skin. Water also clears your skin and aids in the proper | | | | seven drinks a week or more than three drinks at a |
| elimination of waste. Remember, less waste products | | | | party, bar or celebration, you may be drinking too |
| in your body, more beautiful skin you would have. | | | | much. The same is true for a man who has more than |
| Exercise regularly. Exercise is good for our hearts and | | | | 14 drinks a week or more than four drinks at a party, |
| bodies. Even our skin benefits from exercise since | | | | bar or celebration. For those over 65, more than seven |
| blood circulation is increased, thus bringing enough | | | | drinks a week or three drinks per occasion could |
| oxygen and nutrients to the rest of our bodies. | | | | mean you are drinking too much. Think that you or a |
| Exercise also triggers the body to produce more | | | | loved one or friend may be in the drinking heavily |
| sebum which is natural moisturizer for body. Be | | | | category? If you are a woman who is drinking more |
| smoke- and alcohol-free. Smoking tends to destroy | | | | than three drinks every day or 21 drinks per week, the |
| the Vitamin C in your body and damage the elastic | | | | answer is, "yes." Men who consume more than five |
| tissues that keep the skin tight. Drinking liquor on the | | | | drinks a day or thirty-five a week also fit into the |
| other hand tends to expand your blood vessels | | | | drinking heavily category. |
| causing red spots and itchiness on your skin. | | | | Alcoholism is a chronic disease which means it lasts a |
| As an addictive substance, alcohol can be as bad as | | | | lifetime. A person who is an alcoholic will keep drinking |
| drugs. Alcohol abuse and addiction, often referred in | | | | even though serious family, health and legal problems |
| general terms as alcoholism, is a common problem in | | | | develop. Two main things put a person at risk for |
| many communities, able to cut across economic and | | | | developing alcoholism; a person's genes and his or her |
| social barriers. It also produces a physical dependence | | | | lifestyle. It is true that the risk for developing alcoholism |
| and when it does, it becomes a chronic disease. The | | | | tends to run in families. It does not mean that if a |
| use of too much alcohol, like drugs, can also increase | | | | person has a father or mother who is an alcoholic they |
| tolerance and produce withdrawal symptoms. Like | | | | themselves will become an alcoholic. The genes we |
| drugs, alcoholism can lead to family, health and social | | | | inherit partly explain the pattern of alcoholism in families |
| problems. It's not uncommon for alcoholics to destroy | | | | but lifestyle also plays a part. Other things that may |
| family and social relationships, lose their jobs or turn to | | | | increase your risk for alcoholism are the people you |
| illegal activities in order to support their habit. It also | | | | spend time with, the stresses in your life and the |
| causes health problems that are potentially life | | | | amount of alcohol that is available on a day-to-day |
| threatening, such as liver cirrhosis and cancer. The | | | | basis. There are also people who think that alcoholism |
| danger of alcohol: Alcohol affects different people in | | | | can be cured. They find it hard to understand why an |
| different ways, and for some that may be trouble. | | | | alcoholic can't just go the doctor or through treatment, |
| Some individuals, for example, are more prone to | | | | get better and be cured. While there are millions of |
| suffer from the effects of alcohol compared to others | | | | recovering alcoholics who have not had a drink for |
| who drink the same amount. However, the danger of | | | | weeks, months or years, there is still a chance that a |
| using alcohol cannot be emphasized enough. The | | | | relapse can occur. |
| devastating effect of alcoholism on families and | | | | There are psychical and mental diseases. Alcoholism |
| society is well documented and recognized. | | | | and drug addiction are mental diseases. It falls into the |
| Tests on animals and humans have shown that small | | | | category of obsession - compulsion disorder. Is O.C.B. |
| doses of alcohol can reduce the stress response. This | | | | classified as a disease? There is evidence of studies |
| may fit in with the idea of a glass of red wine with a | | | | that has been going on for years that show it can be |
| meal being good for you. Tests on humans have | | | | hereditary. Studies in the 90's show there is a gene |
| shown that a small dose will improve the ability to | | | | that predisposes one to be a alcoholic, but they have a |
| solve a complex problem. However too much alcohol | | | | chose. Sometimes all it takes is a few times drinking to |
| is shown to increase the stress response. This is | | | | unleash the obsession, the compulsion to have a drink |
| especially the case with the hormone adrenaline. Too | | | | comes next. Over time that O.C. becomes stronger |
| much alcohol will increase the amount of adrenaline | | | | and they give up the ability to stop on their own. Some |
| secreted into the body. Over time this will be bad for | | | | people do stop on their own, very few, most continue |
| the body and too much alcohol may diminish a persons | | | | on the road where their lives are centered on getting |
| ability to function normally and in control. It seems that, | | | | and using more. They may cover it up with denial,that "I |
| like most things, alcohol is fine in moderation but can be | | | | can handle it" or " I can stop when I want to", as they |
| a source of more stress if too much is consumed than | | | | pour another drink. Some people feel they control their |
| a way to reduce stress. | | | | drinking by only having a few when they come home |
| More than 9 out of 10 people in the United Kingdom | | | | from work, but through out the day that's all they think |
| drink alcohol. It is part of our culture and we feel | | | | about (obsession) the compulsion is when they come |
| comfortable with it. Moderate drinking doesn't cause | | | | home from work "to unwind", and they may do this for |
| many problems. However, over the last 30 years, | | | | years and never miss work and their life is not |
| society has become wealthier and alcohol has | | | | unmanageable, They are called functional alcoholics. |
| become cheaper. We are starting to drink at a | | | | Over time they will be taking "liquid lunches", just a few |
| younger age and we are drinking more. More than 1 in | | | | to hold them over, or it may be in their desk,locker or |
| 4 men, and about 1 in 7 women are drinking more than | | | | car. It is not a personality or weak will person as to |
| is medically safe for them. According to the | | | | why they drink. Look how many presidents, C.E.O.'s, |
| Department of Health, around 1 in 8 men is physically | | | | famous people are alcoholics.? |
| addicted to alcohol. Alcohol is like many other drugs | | | | |