Short Term Effects Of Alcohol And Drug Abuse

The topic of Alcohol and Drug abuse made an impact on me since my father was an alcoholic until just recently. My father wasn’t the type to get drunk in front of his family so he wouldn’t drink so much to make himself drunk. In a way, he did somewhat know how to control his drinking, but he still did drink more than someone his age should and anyway you cut it, alcohol was still bad for his health.. At first I didn’t know what was so addicting about Alcohol or what inside it made it so addicting to people, then during this semester while taking this class, I learned that the substance in beer and other alcoholic drinks that made it addicting was called ethyl alcohol or ethanol. Furthermore, I learned the reason my dad didn’t get drunk easily since before I thought that drinking three to six cans of beer would get you drunk, but I was wrong, instead three to six twelve oz drinks is around the legal …show more content…
Most of the short term effects of drinking and knew except for erectile dysfunction. As for the long terms, some of them I didn’t know about such as: lowered immune system, increased risk of osteoporosis, impotence and testicular atrophy, and increase in the risk of getting cancer in the mouth, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, and colon. Reading these long term effects makes me worry about my father since he’s been drinking since he was twenty two and has just recently quit, and so I’m worried if any of these effects will affect him soon. Another effect I’m worried if my dad has is if his nervous system is okay. I’m worried about his nervous system since alcohol damages it even if you drink moderately. Alcohol damages the part of the brain that are for controlling impulses, which is the frontal part. This also affects you decision making especially to early age drinkers, and since they are more prone to alcohol abuse, occasionally early age drinkers drive under the influence of