The Dangers of Alcohol

• Alcohol


  Colorless, bitter-tasting substance that humans have been consuming since the ancient times. It comes from plants that underwent fermentation, the process of extracting alcohol from a plant or a fruit.
• Fermented alcohol

  • Beer
  • Wines
• Three types of alcohol

  • Isopropyl
  • Methanol
  • Ethanol
• Isopropyl and methanol


  Used in laboratories and are poisonous and fatal if taken
• Ethanol


  Also called the beverage alcohol. When humans consume this in unregulated amount, it may result to intoxication and alteration of the nervous system.
• Effects of Alcohol Drinking

  • When alcohol enters the bloodstream, it goes in all the parts of the body
  • The main effect of alcohol drinking reflects on a person's central nervous system (CNS)
  • It also affects a person's senses, feelings, movements and breathing
• Blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) or blood alcohol level (BAL)


  The amount of alcohol that entered in the bloodstream at a certain period can be measured in percentages
• A BAC of 0.05 percent means there is 5 parts of alcohol per 10,000 parts of blood in the body
• A 0.3 to 0.5 percent of BAC could lead to coma, brain damages and death
• Alcohol content

  • Beer 2–6% alcohol
  • Cider 4–8% alcohol
  • Wine 8–20% alcohol
  • Tequila 40% alcohol
  • Rum 40% or more alcohol
  • Brandy 40% or more alcohol
  • Gin 40–47% alcohol
  • Whiskey 40–50% alcohol
  • Vodka 40–50% alcohol
  • Liqueurs 15–60% alcohol
• Short-term effects of alcohol consumption

  • Intoxication
  • Dehydration
• Long-term effects of alcohol consumption

  • Changes in the metabolism of the liver and brain
  • Alcoholism
• Alcohol intoxication affects the brain, causing slurred speech, clumsiness, and delayed reflexes
• Alcohol stimulates insulin production, which speeds up glucose metabolism and can result in low blood sugar, causing irritability and possibly death for diabetics
• Even light and moderate alcohol consumption increases cancer risk in individuals
• A 2014 World Health Organization report found that harmful alcohol consumption caused about 3.3 million deaths annually worldwide
• Who will most likely get drunk easily

  • A person with faster metabolism
  • A person who did not eat before drinking alcohol
  • A skinny person
  • A person who drinks alcohol one bottles per hour
• Alcoholic


  A person who starts drinking obsessively and compulsively without his/her control
• Alcoholism, now known as alcohol use disorder


  A condition in which a person has a desire or physical need to consume alcohol, even though it has a negative impact on their life
• Specific long-term effects of alcohol to the alcoholic drinker

  1. Tolerance

  2. Dependence

  3. Cirrhosis

  4. Brain stroke

  5. Fatty liver
• When a person takes drugs or medicines along with drinking alcohol, a multiplier effect takes place. Alcohol depresses the body system. If another depressant is taken, such as tranquilizers, accidental death may occur.
• How does alcohol drinking affect the family, community and country

  • Family
  • Community
  • Country