The moment alcohol enters the body; it is absorbed directly into the bloodstream through the walls of the stomach. The heart starts bearing faster and skin becomes flushed.
Co-ordination, depth perception, reflexes, vision, reason and judgment are adversely affected. Alcohol attacks liver cells, destroys proteins, and disrupts the body’s balance of sugar and water.
High blood pressure, heart disease, pancreatitis, mouth, throat and stomach cancer, cirrhosis of the liver, malnutrition and death can be caused by drinking alcohol. Alcohol can damage nearly every organ in the body, including the brain.
Pregnant women who drink alcohol risk having a baby born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). Babies with FAS can have low birth weight, brain damage, heart defects and physical deformities.