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Alcohol and Sexuality

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Alcohol and Sexuality

Alcohol can be one source of pleasure, but consumed in excess have devastating effects.

Drinking alcohol in moderate amounts can promote relaxation, reduce anxiety and inhibitions, and even increase confidence in ourselves. That is, its effects seem to us to overcome many problems. Therefore, is very present at the time of social relations.

But if alcohol consumption is excessive, also paid an important bill: the hangover is the result of an agency that has been seriously damaged and, if repeated often, the damage will be irreversible. For example, in sexual terms, although the alcohol increases the desire, is an inhibitor of sexual response, altering their normal functioning.

How excess alcohol affects men
Alcohol tends to inhibit erections. Many young people have their first sexual intercourse after drinking a large amount of alcohol, which normally produce them with erection problems and they create enormous suffering, to attribute failure to their own personal characteristics rather than the effects of drink. The result is often a psychological erectile dysfunction by the fear of further failures.

According Walji and Kingston, has shown that even not too high quantities of alcohol, but continuously ingested, can affect the reproductive system, as the male hormone testosterone is eliminated more rapidly and occurs in smaller quantities, so the drinker will therefore diminished sex drive as the production of sperm.

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Criteria For Dependence Drugs And Alcohol

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

Impairment or distress, as manifested by three (or more) of the following, at some point in a continuous period of 12 months:
1. Tolerance, as defined by either of the following items:
(a) The need to consume greater amounts of the substance to achieve the desired effect (b) the effect of the same amount of drug decreases over time.
2. Withdrawal, as manifested by either of the following items: (more…)

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Use and Abuse of Alcohol in Gambatesa: What to do?

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

In summary, beginning (for the truths in a little too pedantic) to mention alcohol, trying to explain the primordial composition, and as a result, the manner in which the same alcohol content in various drinks and beverages that most in one way or another, we assume, has arrived, after a varied discussion, talking about one of the roads, to bring those who for various reasons has come to depend on the “rough beast” (as has been called ‘ alcohol), to be able to get out, preserving their relationship and, beyond all his right to a just peaceful life.

To say, however, that for someone like me, interested in bringing the conversation to why you come to depend on alcohol, it was almost forbidden to quibble, since, for example, I was personally reprimanded by Don Peppino and this charge of “leaving off the subject.” (more…)

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Alcohol And Minors

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

alcohol and minorsThe sale of alcoholic beverages to minors is not only punishable by law but is also extremely harmful to the health of young people who consume it. The consumption of alcoholic beverages by persons under 21 years is related to injury and risky behavior. Teenagers who drink alcohol are also at risk of suffering a long list of injuries and possible lifetime alcoholism.

Research on this subject indicate that the human brain continues to develop until approximately early twenties and a developing brain exposed to alcohol may suffer lasting effects on intellectual capabilities and may increase the chances of alcohol addiction. Every year approximately 5,000 children and young people under 21 years as a result of alcohol under the legal age allowed – due to vehicular accidents, homicides and suicides. Dangers associated with alcohol consumption of adolescents age of first use of alcohol affects of alcohol problems that appear later in adulthood.

For each year that will delay the onset of alcohol consumption is reduced by 14 percent the risk of later alcohol dependence.

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Abstinence Syndrome

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

abstinence syndrome

The recreational use of alcohol has spread through all areas of society and is accepted in many cultures as an inclusive and festive custom. But with the increase of this consumption has also emerged a complex public health problem: dependence and addiction to alcohol (alcoholism), a disease with serious health consequences of the addict and to his family and social environment.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), between 40 and 60 per cent of deaths from injuries in Europe are related to alcohol (alcoholism).

Addiction to alcohol, although still considered wrong as a matter of lack of will or character, is a disease entity that escapes the control of the patient and requires treatment to stop drinking and compulsive consumption of this substance.

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