Womens fitness recognizes that alcohol is a natural part of our lives.

People have a drink to celebrate, relax and just for personal enjoyment.

It is present at our friend’s homes, restaurants, and parties. It can be extremely difficult to avoid.

For many people alcohol is not considered a problem in their lives. Most of their family and their friends drink.

Why is alcohol a problem and when is it considered an addiction?

Alcohol addiction does not happen overnight. It creeps up on you and by the time you admit you are addicted, you have a very serious problem.

Women’s Fitness lists the problems and serious health effects of alcohol addiction.

We list links from womens fitness to resources you will use to find the help and support necessary to combat your addiction and start back on the road to health.

Please share these resources with your family and friends.

Physical effects are accompanied by the many social effects. People have emotional and financial problems. They often lose their jobs, homes and relationships.

They may resort to crimes and serve time in jail. This can finally end in death. The effects on the family are devastating.

The following facts may surprise you.

Learn to recognize some of the many physical effects of alcoholism.

In minor doses alcohol’s effects will:

Reduce coordination

Impair concentration

Slow reflexes

Impair reaction time

With larger doses and longer use, alcohol’s effects include:

Slurred speech

Altered emotions

Sleep problems

Nausea

With high doses, alcohol can produce:

Vomiting

Breathing difficulties

Unconsciousness

Coma

Death

The basic facts are that chronic use of alcohol can:

Damage the frontal lobes of your brain

Cause an overall reduction in brain size

Cause amnesia, apathy and disorientation.

Chronic Alcoholics will experience serious withdrawal symptoms and must be medically supervised.

Some of the many problems are:

Hallucinations

Seizures

Blood Pressure Fluxuations

People who are chronic alcoholics will suffer many of these long term effects:

Weakness and loss of muscle tissue.

Chest infections

Loss of sensation and tingling in hands and feet.

Liver damage including hepatitis, cirrhosis and risk of liver cancer.

Males may experience impotence and decreased sperm count.

Females may have irregular periods, reproductive problems and birth problems.

The brain cells will be damaged. You will experience loss of memory and confusion.

High blood pressure and enlarged heart.

Stomach inflammation, bleeding and ulcers.

Intestine bleeding and ulcers.

This is just to mention a few of the many, damaging possible effects.

Do utilize these wonderful helpful resources that are life changing and life saving.

Alcoholics Anonymous has meetings for men and women who solve their problems and recover from alcoholism. There are many resources, meeting times and places, and help on this site.

Womens Fitness Resources offers books to help with your recovery.

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

Information on Women and Alcohol. How women recover from addiction.

This is a directory of public, private and non-profit agencies in the United states

that offer various levels of alcoholism and drug abuse rehabilitation and treatment services.

Substance abuse treatment facility locator.

SoberRecovery lists hundreds of addiction treatment and alcoholism treatment resources in the U.S., Canada, and overseas.

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