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Here are the Long-Term Effects of Alcoholism

There are two different types of alcoholics. Type I are influenced more by environment than heredity. The onset of symptoms doesn’t usually occur until after the age of 25. They tend to admit and accept the root of the problem is alcohol, and can use this acceptance to avoid blame long enough to continue drinking for some time. The Type I alcoholic has a sense of denial, which includes a warped sense of blame.

The Type II alcoholic is more influenced by heredity. These alcoholics are usually younger and more antisocial. They have a more difficult time abstaining. Often they have grown up in a home with an alcoholic and have no understanding of how a functioning family life works.

There is yet another type of alcoholic and it is called a Dry Drunk. The characteristics of this type of alcoholic is that they have a mindset of an active alcoholic while they abstain from alcohol. They have the mindset of always being right while having an alcoholic thought, patterns, and behaviors. Treatments are required for recovery, even with this type of alcoholic.

Long-term effect of alcoholism are liver cirrhsois, alcohol will cause cells to die in the liver this causes hardening. Stomach and intestinal ulcers degrade the lining of the stomach, and they start coughing up bloof. An alcoholics bloof pressure is increased making the heart compensate, this creates bigger problems.

There are many other long-term side effects of alcoholism, they include: a decrease in sperm profuction; an increase in bloof flow to the skin; anemia, which is low bloof and poor nutrition skills which decrease levels of iron and vitamin B; reduces bloof flow to the muscles, leading to muscle aches and hangover; and makes aging appear fasteer, especially in the face.

These Are the Complications of Alcoholism

Complications of alcoholism is defined as excessive drinking over a long period of time creating medical, psychological, and social problems for the alcoholic. Over the course of months or years of drinking, the central nervous system adapts to the alcohol and tolerance develops. Then the drinker requires more amounts of alcohol to receive the desired effect.

A few complications of alcoholism would be depression, low self-esteem, puberty being onset, depending on alcohol to be in society, substitution of alcohol for emotional support, being lonely, and self-medicating.

Medical complications of alcoholism are: alcohol damages the organ systems even blood-forming (anemia, easy bruising), cardiovascular (abnormal heartbeat, heart failure, high blood pressure, increased heart rate), gastrointestinal (diarrhea, gastritis, inflammation and/or cancer of the esophagus), enlarged risk of communicable diseases (TB), liver damage, low blood sugar, hepatitis, liver cancer, and ulcers.

There are neurological complications of alcoholism they include: confusion, loss of coordination and concentration, nerve damage, psychosis, short-term memory problems, stroke, and visual difficulties.

Suffering in a relationship, high divorce rates or separation, domestic violence, aggressive behaviour, legal problems, high death rates are some of the social problems of alcoholism. There is a high suicide rate for alcoholics it is as high as eighty percent.

The assessment of alcoholism depends on interviews, self-report questionnaires to keep track of the quantity and the number of times the person drinks. Questions focus on two aspects: consequences of drinking and perceptions of drinking behavior. Then a clinic will determine the risk for abuse and the dependence which will be based on how much and how often the person drinks.

Here are the Long-Term Effects of Alcoholism