THE TRUTH ABOUT ALCOHOL

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• Alcohol is a drug
• It slows down vital functions. 
• Taking alcohol in excess makes the respiratory (breathing) system to slow down markedly, and can cause a coma or death, because oxygen no longer reaches the brain.
• When you drink more than your liver can handle,it causes inflammation and leads to fatty liver disease.
• Alcohol weakens the heart muscles and increases the risk of a heart attack,stroke and hypertension.
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• Alcohol damages multiple areas of the brain leading to behavioral and mood changes such as depression, anxiety, memory loss, and seizures.
• Alcohol leads to the inflammation of the pancreas leading to pancreasis,this causes diabetes and even death.
• Excessive alcohol consumption can also lead to high blood pressure which is the second leading cause of kidney failure. 
• Globally, alcohol misuse is the fifth leading risk factor for premature death and disability; among people between the ages of 15 and 49, it is the first in the age group 20–39 years, approximately 25 percent of the total deaths are alcohol attributable.
•  Alcohol dehydrates your body generally, including the skin.
• It leads to facial disfigurement.
• Alcohol kills slowly.