Thursday, November 27, 2008

Alcoholic Depression: What You Need To Know About It

By Tom O

Depression is a major concern in todayas society, especially when it coexists with alcohol abuse. Depression has been evident more often in women than men. Alcohol only increases the effects of depression. In fact a simple hangover from drinking too much alcohol is a mild form of depression. When people drink to relieve depression, it usually ends up solving nothing and makes things worse when the alcohol wears off.

Alcohol affects your body in many ways. It affects your brain and nervous system by changing the way you feel. It also affects your coordination, the way you control yourself, your speech, behaviors, and makes your body more prone to disease. Drinking alcohol lowers your bodyas quantity of Vitamin C which causes people who drink to get wrinkles faster than other people. Also, when you drink alcohol constantly your tolerance for it increases which means you need to drink more to get the same affect that you are looking for. This is not good for the body because alcohol contains a lot of calories that will increase your weight. Alcohol does nothing good for the body so why drink it?

A person can feel depression affects and have performance issues is the B.A.C level is even 0.003 which is equivalent to one to two alcoholic drinks. The affects that alcohol has on the body only increases with the amount of drinks you consume. The first affects are notices by your brain and nervous system because they start to slow down. Then you will feel relaxed but this could also cause anxiety, aggression, and depression. These behaviors impair your judgment to make good decisions as the alcohol reaches the outer portion of your brain. Euphoria is secreted which makes you believe everything you are doing is great. After a few more drinks your coordination and perception will be impaired which may cause you to blackout. When alcohol reaches the inner part of the brain called the medulla your heart rate and repertory systems are affected because they begin to drastically slow down. This affect that alcohol has on your brain may even cause death. A hang over the next day is due to the lack of water and glucose in the brain, essentially causing you to be dehydrated and experience a hang over.

Alcoholic Depression Effects may include: -Loosing sleep -You feel worn out all the time. -You may begin to think suicidal thoughts. -Effects on your outer appearance, such as weight and skin. -Effects on your work and home life. -Missing out on other things to spend more time drinking. -You start to drink earlier in the morning. -You wake with shaky hands. -You may feel a strong need to drink, which means you don't feel normal without it. The depressant effect of alcohol increases with B.A.C. and has been measured in terms as it effects humans performances at B.A.C's as low as 0.003. This BAC level can be obtained by consuming 1-2 alcoholic beverages. Alcohol is a depressant that slows the brain and nervous system activity down. When one or two drinks may make someone feel relaxed, alcohol causes and increases feelings of anxiety, depression, and also aggression. It's first effect, is to distort your judgment and lower your inhibition, as it reaches the outer brain. It makes you feel like you're doing something good by drinking it, because it produces euphoria (a sense of pleasure). As you drink more and more, your coordination and perception are greatly effected, and can cause you to have memory blackouts. Once the alcohol reaches the medulla (inner core of the brain), your heart rate drops and breathing problems persist, and leads to death. Research suggests that continued alcohol use can cause depression. Alcohol robs brain cells of water and glucose, the brain's food, causing you to have a hangover the next day.

Since so many people in America have experienced alcoholic depression, everyone probably knows someone who has suffered from it. When you do know someone dealing with this issue it is necessary to give them support and provide them with motivational thoughts. They really need someone there for them while they are going through such a rough time. If necessary, they may need to get prescription medication such as anti-depressants from a therapist to help reduce their symptoms the correct way. Consuming alcohol will only increase the negative affects your body feels and will make you feel worse than before. You may think you feel great at the time of consumption but soon after you will quickly realize that you donat feel great instead you feel worse. This could all be avoided by not drinking at all.

Drinking your life away is not a form of fun. Consuming a massive amount of alcohol can kill you in one night. If you drink a lot over a long amount of time then consuming alcohol will kill you slowly. Psychosis, dementia, or death is not uncommon for people who drink excessive alcohol. This is why it is important to get help as soon as you can and talk to someone about your problem.

Alcohol, drugs, and smoking can all become a serious addiction problem for you so you are better off not doing it at all. An addiction is a serious condition that could affect you for your entire life. Seeking help to stop addictions paired with a lot of motivation is sometimes the only way to quite. Addictions cause many heath issues including cancer, memory loss, and even death. You do not want these horrible side effects to affect you before you stop.

To improve your life it is a good idea to never begin drinking. It doesnat do anything good for the body and only has negative side effects. This decision can be tough but it is one that you should stand up for. Prolong your life by not consuming alcohol and you will never regret the decision that you made.

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