Alcohol is a narcotic
Alcohol is a narcotic poison that acts primarily on the nerve cells of the cerebral cortex. At the same time, the inhibition process is significantly weakened and the excitation process is relatively dominant. Large doses of alcohol have a paralyzing effect on some parts of the central nervous system. When the centers of the medulla oblongata are affected, there is a violation of thermoregulation, breathing and cardiac activity—the so-called comatose state. Alcoholism causes profound disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, respiratory organs, kidneys, gonads, etc. An alcoholic's body loses its resistance to diseases. Alcoholism causes persistent mental disorders, a great decrease in work capacity, rapid fatigue, memory impairment, some carelessness, lying, mood swings, irritability and a tendency to conflicts. On the basis of alcoholism, there are binges, various psychoses develop—white fever, Korsakoff psychosis, etc. Alcoholism leads to household and industrial injuries, traffic accidents, crimes, violations of the rules of public behavior, and the destruction of the family.
Alcoholism is characterized by the emergence of dependence of the mental and somatic state on the use of alcohol, that is, the desire to relieve the condition by repeated intake of alcoholic beverages. As a result, self-control over its consumption is lost, tolerance to alcohol increases in the first stages of alcoholism and decreases in the third stage. Stopping alcohol intake leads to the development of withdrawal syndrome with an uncontrollable desire to get drunk. A person's mood decreases to a depressed state with anxiety, fear, sleep disturbance, auditory and visual hallucinations, often at night.
Alcoholic beverages have a harmful effect on the human liver. Alcohol also causes obesity and heart disease.
