Effects of short-term alcohol
- Slow reflexes and reduced coordination.
- Unclear language and pronunciation errors.
- Sense of confidence and freedom (deshinibidor).
- Less able to concentrate on one subject.
- Alterations in perception: visual hallucinations, auditory and tactile.
- Distortion of emotions: extreme changes in mood that can range from joy to tears or aggression.
- Difficulty in assessing situations: denial of the disease.
Effects of long-term alcohol
- Gastrointestinal distress.
- Loss of appetite.
- Skin problems.
- Alterations in memory “blackouts.”
- Sexual impotence.
- Liver damage (cirrhosis).
Symptoms presented by individuals with alcohol problems
Causes changes in the heart, lungs, blood, etc..
Obsessive-compulsive disorder: a fixed and recurring thoughts. General anxiety: everything revolves around the substance.
Use alcohol to “escape” from reality, or “solve” problems that require “clarity” and thinking skills to make decisions.
Present work problems, school and society: his personality is dishonest, manipulative, intolerant, irresponsible and immature.
Persecutory delusions of grandeur, of jealousy (excessive jealousy, etc.)., Produced by the effects of alcohol.
It features high tolerance to alcohol: need more numbers to the desired effect.
Family and friends are concerned excessively with his drinking: co-dependency is established.
Alcohol is often the “gateway” to other drugs.