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Alcohol Abuse

Effect of Alcohol Abuse on the Kidneys

Alcohol abuse can cause damage to many parts of the body. Beyond the heart, lungs and stomach, alcohol abuse can affect smaller organs such as the kidneys.

The kidneys are organs that act as the body’s waste management system. They filter the blood in order to keep it clean by excreting water and waste products in the form of urine. The kidneys control the composition and amount of electrolytes in the body.

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5 Books For Maintaining Motivation During Recovery From Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Recovery from alcohol abuse and alcoholism is a long journey that may have many bumps along the way. Although rehab and addiction treatment is the first stage in recovery, and arguably the most important, long-term recovery from alcohol abuse and alcoholism requires a long term commitment to staying clean. The most successful recoveries tend to occur with individuals who look for ways to inspire and motivate themselves to live a better life even after they’ve been through a rehab program for addiction treatment. Many people find that inspiration that can be found in their everyday activities and loved ones, but there are many sources of inspiration and it’s helpful to have more than one. Some people in recovery from alcohol abuse and alcoholism find inspiration and motivation to remain sober from books.

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The Effects of Alcohol Abuse on the Reproductive System

Alcohol abuse can wreak havoc on the body. In fact, it can devastate many systems in the body, from your cardiovascular system to your brain function. Alcohol abuse can have particularly negative effect on the reproductive system, resulting in infertility, hormonal problems and various sexual disorders. Because alcohol abuse, whether habitual and frequent or infrequent and in large quantities depletes the body of essential nutrients, it can cause long –term damage.

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How Alcohol Abuse Impacts Your Eyes

Alcohol abuse has short and long term implications for the human body. In addition to the immediate effects felt after consuming one drink, drinking alcohol in large quantities, frequently or binge drinking can lead to long-term complications on your health.

People suffering from alcohol abuse know the way that their eyes feel after a night of drinking- dry, red and itchy. This is a result of dehydration, but these are only a few of the complications alcohol causes to the eyes.

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The Role of Genetics in Alcohol Addiction

Alcohol addiction and an individual’s propensity towards addiction has several contributing factors. One of the most controversial of them has been genetics. Is there an addiction gene? Can the disease of addiction be passed down genetically from one generation to the next? Can it skip a generation like other diseases? If you do have the so called addiction gene, is that pretty much a life sentence that you are going to develop a chemical dependency at some point in your life? These are all normal questions that we’re asked fairly regularly and it’s completely understandable. Drug and alcohol addiction is a terrible disease that seems to always leave us with tons of questions, and not always very many answers. Because this is an issue with a lot of interest and misinformation surrounding it, we wanted to take the time to shed some light on it.

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