Effects of short-term alcohol

• Slow reflexes and reduced motor coordination.
• Language unclear and mispronunciations.
• Feeling of confidence and freedom (deshinibidor).
• Reduced ability to concentrate on a theme.
• Alterations in perception: visual hallucinations, auditory and tactile.
• Distortion of emotions, sudden changes in mood that can range from joy to tears or aggression.
• Difficulty in assessing situations: denial of illness.

Effects of long-term alcohol

• Gastrointestinal discomfort.
• Loss of appetite.
• Skin problems.
• Alterations in memory “blackouts”.
• Impotence.
• Liver damage (cirrhosis).

Symptoms that presents a person with alcohol problems

• Causes changes in the heart, lungs, blood, etc..
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disease: fixed and recurring thoughts. General anxiety: everything revolves around the substance.
• Use alcohol to “escape” from reality, or “solve” problems that require “clarity” and thinking ability to make decisions.
• You have problems at work, school and society: his personality is dishonest, manipulative, intolerant, irresponsible and immature.
• Persecutory delusions of grandeur, of jealousy (excessive jealousy, etc.)., Produced by the influence of alcohol.
• Presents high level of tolerance to alcohol: need more numbers for the desired effect.
• The family and friends worry excessively before your drinking: co-dependency is established.
• Alcohol is often the “gateway” to other drug use.