ve daytime sleepiness resulting from sleep disturbance is associated with memory deficits, impaired social and occupational function, and car crashes.Alcohol is a common depressant drug. It slows the brain's activities and the activity of the spinal cord. Since alcohol affects the brain it has the potential to be abused. Alcohol rapidly enters the bloodstream and circulates to various parts of the body in a few minutes. Alcohol comes in different varieties. Beer and ale (4-7% alcohol), wine and champagne (9-14%), and hard liquor (40-50%) are the most common kinds of alcohol. Alcohol causes many side effects in anyone who uses it, such as: dullness of sensation, lowered sensory motor skills, lowered reactive or reflexive motor responses, impaired thought processes, impaired memory, impaired judgment, sleep or sleeplessness, and in extreme cases can cause coma and death. Alcohol can also cause people to behave strangely and causes behaviors such as aggression, sexual openness, lying, and excessive talking. Alcohol not only has mental effects but physical ones as well. 70% of alcoholics and alcohol abusers suffer irreversible physical side effects, such as cirrhosis of the liver, "cauliflowering" of the nose and ears, permanent restructuring of the brain, including loss of long term memory, heart problems, obesity, premature dementia (partial and full), and loss of bladder control and slurred speech even when sober.Alcohol has many effects on sleep, but these affects vary depending on the person. It is easy to categorize the people into two groups- those with alcoholism and those without alcoholism. A person with alcoholism is basically an alcoholic or a person who consumes a lot of alcohol. A person without alcoholism is the casual drinker; this is a person who drinks occasionally. For people who do not suffer from alcoholism, the effects of alcohol on their sleep and sleep patterns are different than those of people with alcoholism. For...
