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| glitterkisses (profile) wrote, on 8-15-2004 at 3:04pm | |
| I got this in an e-mail Things You Oughta Know About... A Top 10 Fact Sheet on Alcohol Alcohol Alcohol is the most socially accepted addictive substance and is a contributing factor in over 75% of all Date Rapes. Alcohol dehydrates you: it does not quench thirst, it makes thirst worst. Alcohol is also extremely high in empty calories. Drinking alcohol while you are pregnant can cause permanent brain damage and often causes physical deformations in babies. FAS and PFAS (formerly FAE) are devastating disorders that often render their victims unable to function is society or to care for them selves in socially acceptable ways; many of these children grow up to commit suicide or end up "living" in the criminal justice system. Alcohol causes varying degrees of the following side effects in EVERYONE who uses it; dulness of sensation, lowered sensory motor skills, lowered reactive or reflexive motor responses, impaired thought processes, impaired memory, impaired judgement, sleep or sleeplessness, and in extreme cases can cause coma and death. When an alcoholic beverage is ingested a full 20% of the alcohol immediately enters the bloodstream by penetrating the wall of your stomach; drinking on a full stomach can slow this process. Many people mistakenly believe alcohol is a stimulant, like coffee, when in fact it is a depressant. One of the first things to go when you have been drinking alcohol is your sense of "good judgement" and your "inhibitions". Alcohol can cause the following behaviours; aggression, sexual openness, excessive talking, spilling secrets, lying, phony friendliness and quick tempers. A "hang over" is what happens when your body enters alcohol withdraw and the head aches you get are caused by extreme dehydration of your brain - your brain is literally being pulled away from your skull, leading to throbbing aches and sharp pains at attachment points like the temples and base of the neck. 70% of alcoholics and alcohol abusers will suffer the following irreversible physical side effects; cirrhosis of the liver (fatal in over 60% of cases), "cauliflowering" of the nose and ears (where your ears and nose become cauliflower shaped), permanent restructuring of the brain including loss of long term memory, heart problems, obesity, premature dementia (partial and full), loss of bladder control and slurred speech even when sober. Percentage of Blood Alcohol and How it Effects Behavior Blood Alcohol in Percentage Behavioral Effects 0.05 (5%) Lowered alertness, "feeling fine", no inhibitions, lack of "good judgement". 0.10 (10%) Slowed reaction times, impaired motor functions, recklessness and "dare devil" behavior. 0.15 (15%) Large lapses in reaction time and judgement, some short term memory loss. 0.20 (20%) Marked depression, "coming down", decreasing sensory and motor ability, slurring words. 0.25 (25%) Severe motor disturbance (stumbling, staggering, falling down), little to no sensory input (can't smell or taste, blurred vision) 0.30 (30%) Stuporous (totally unaware of what is going on around you) but still conscious, no awareness of pain, no pain reflexes. 0.35 (35%) Unconscious and in some cases in distress, vomiting occurs, no motor skills (can't roll over when vomiting), similar to being under surgical anesthesia. Occasionally, coma can occur at this level. nice huh? |
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swimfan14 | 08-15-04 7:15pm sounds kinda familiar jess? lol if you understand what im talking about.. |
jennapie | 08-15-04 10:59pm sounds scary! |