Effects of Binge Drinking on the Brain

Effects of Binge Drinking on the Brain

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  • Date Submitted: 04/08/2013 5:02 PM
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effectsEssay: The Brain Damages of Excessive Drinking

Throughout the past centuries mankind has always assumed some
sort of drug, whether for recreational use or medical. Now a days, there
are laws which make some drugs legal and others questionably out of
bound; yet most of the legal substances are as harmful as others.
Cigarettes are intoxicating, excessive coffee can lead to nervous
breakdowns and, the mostly abused one, alcohol which can have serious
effects on everyone around, not only the drunk. Alcohol is the most
widely and popular used recreational drug, whether partying with friends
in a club or drinking to “forget”, it’s the number one ingredient that’s
always there. Yet alcohol is dangerous, especially to our brain, in many
different ways.
But what do failing grades, frequent memory lapses, fights, brutal
hangovers and unplanned sexual activity all have in common? They are all
frequent results of binge drinking. Excessive drinking is the cause of many
problems, most of them already known and easy to identify, although not
many know of its effects to the brain. First of all, although it may be legal
it’s still a drug, it’s the blood alcohol concentration ( or BAC) which is the
key to why we are affected by alcohol. BAC is the relationship between
the total amount of alcohol in your system and the total body water. The
absorbed alcohol is pumped throughout the whole body reaching your
brain, so that’s why even after just one drink you can feel light headed or
relaxed. It acts primarily on the nerve cells within the brain and interferes
with communication between nerve cells and all other cells, slowing
everything down. That’s why when drinking even a little, people
experience the effects of alcohol on their emotions, judgment, balance,
memory, speech and anger levels. Due to the fact that the human brain
continues on developing until the age of 25, binge drinking can cause
serious irreversible...

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