Addiction Info - Alcohol
When the line is crossed from social drinking to alcohol abuse, short and long-term effects are varied and many. When alcohol use becomes abuse, cravings begin. The cycle of craving, use and then remorse, come to light in short order.Short-term memory loss may occur. A blackout (losing memory of time and events) episode may occur regularly as well. Blackout is as if the abuser is dreaming, but to everyone else he or she is awake and acting as if fully conscious. Blackouts are an extremely dangerous effect of alcohol use.
During a blackout the alcoholic can do things and not even remember them. Other physical
effects run the gamut from long-term liver damage to depression. External problems run from legal problems to relationship trauma (and drama). Often, the ability to manage ones’ own life is disrupted. One gets “off track” while abusing alcohol, and is unable stop and stay stopped. Over time, as tolerance builds, the effects of alcohol on each individual may vary, craving will continue as major physical costs mount. Some of the these complications include heart disease, heart attack, stroke, respiratory failure, seizure, dangerously elevated blood pressure, liver disease and brain damage.
The things lost become more important and more valuable.
Alcohol abuse effects are monumental and devastating.
The cycle of addiction can be broken – and it begins with getting the addicted individual serious help for this serious problem. The recovery message will comes to life for the entire Intervention Network.
