Question

Write two disadvantages of drinking alcohol in excess.

Answer 1

Drinking too much – on a single occasion or over time – can take a serious toll on your health. Here’s how alcohol can affect your body:

$\underset{–}{Brain}:$
Alcohol interferes with the brain’s communication pathways and can affect the way the brain looks and works. These disruptions can change mood and behavior, and make it harder to think clearly and move with coordination.

$\underset{–}{Heart}:$
Drinking a lot over a long time or too much on a single occasion can damage the heart, causing problems including:

1. Cardiomyopathy – Stretching and drooping of heart muscle

2. Arrhythmias – Irregular heart beat

3. Stroke

4. High Blood Pressure

$\underset{–}{Cancer}:$
Drinking too much alcohol can increase your risk of developing certain cancers, including cancers of the:

1. Mouth 2. Esophagus 3. Throat 4. Liver 5. Breast

$\underset{–}{ImmuneSystem}:$
Drinking too much can weaken your immune system, making your body a much easier target for disease. Chronic drinkers are more liable to contract diseases like pneumonia and tuberculosis than people who do not drink too much. Drinking a lot on a single occasion slows your body’s ability to ward off infections – even up to 24 hours after getting drunk.