1. Alcohol
A silent drug

2. Why people drink alcohol?
 Make people feel more relaxed
 Make people release their inhibitions
 Make people enjoy themselves
 Mix and interact with other people

3. Alcohol is quickly absorbed through the
wall of the stomach, then is carried all over
the body in the blood
It is broken down by the liver which takes
a very long time

4. Alcohol does have many
effects on the body which
can be very dangeorous if
care is not taken.

5. Effects of alcohol
drinking
 It is a depressant
 Lengthens reaction time
 Increase agression in some people
 Can kill
 Damages the liver
 Social implications

6. It is Depressant
Alcohol is a depressant, which
means that even small amounts of
alcohol slow down the actions of
parts of the brain.

7. Lengthens reaction time
Many road accidents are caused by drunk people that’s
why we shouldn’t drink alcohol if we are going to drive
Example:

8. Aggression in people
Alcohol increases people’s feelings of aggression, and
releases their inhibitions so that they are more likely to be
violent.
Example:

9. Can Kill
Every year people die as a result of drinking a lot of
alcohol over a short period of time, this can result
unconsciousness, coma or even death.

10. Damages the liver

11. Parts of the body Damaged
Liver , because its job is breaking down drugs in the body.
This liver disease resulting from alcohol damage may finish in
CIRRHOSIS
The brain, it can cause a loss of memory and confusion.
One way in which the damage is done is that alcohol in the
body fluids draws water out of cells by OSMOSIS.

12. Dangerous Diseases
Alcohol is a disease in which a person cannot manage
without alcohol.
Probably, there are many factor which decide whether or
not a person becomes alcoholic or not
 Drinking large amounts causes many parts of the body
to be damage because It is poisonous to cells

13. Tolerance
The body’s response to prolonged exposure to liquor
 Its ability to both metabolize liquor, as well as its ability
to rebound from its effects.
Tolerance increases incrementally as consumption of
liquor continues over a period of years.
Dependence: the body simultaneously requires larger and
larger quantities of liquor to achieve the desired effect.
Typically tolerance leads to dependence

14. Videos
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