Alcohol is often synonymous with relaxation, especially in the evenings in which the students open bars get busy and alcohol consumption gets more heavy. Do you drink because it’s cheaper than drugs, accessible, because you are dependent on it or because everyone else is doing it?
Alcohol is a psychoactive product, that is to say, it changes the behavior.
1st time Alcohol intake causes a period of excitement, dis-inhibition and a sense of well-being that does not last very long. In reality, the presence of alcohol in your body affects your reflexes, your ability to concentrate, coordination of movements … Your ability to make decisions is impaired. The greater the amount of alcohol is swallowed, the more these alterations are high. You’re so drunk. If you have a blood alcohol concentration (amount of alcohol in grams of alcohol per liter of blood) greater than 2 g / l of blood, there is a risk of falling asleep; beyond 3 g / l of blood you may ethyl deep coma. A unit of alcohol raises the blood alcohol to 0.20 g / l of blood for a man of 70 kg, 0.33 g / l of blood for a woman of 50 kg.
-The long-term effects
The regular and excessive consumption of alcohol may cause dependence, especially if the effects of alcohol occur late at home, in other words if you “hold the alcohol. This situation is dangerous because you do not realize your addiction. Finally, even if everyone is not on an equal footing against alcohol in the long term, alcohol is bad for your health. Many fatal or serious illnesses can result: cancers of the mouth, esophagus, throat, cirrhosis of the liver, nervous system disorders, psychiatric disorders (anxiety, depression). This is the 2nd cause of avoidable death in France after tobacco.