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The effects alcohol has on the brain

e food digested in your intestines and your stomach absorb the alcohol to make it less affective to the brain. The liver, which also helps break down the alcohol possibly, takes the biggest affect from alcohol. The alcohol passed through the liver causes the lining of the liver, which protects it, to erode, or wear down. Although alcohol has a major affect of all of these organs I mentioned already, the most important organ affected would have to be the brain.The brain, which is the control center of the human body, is highly affected by alcohol consumption. Every 2 glasses of beer consumed kills about 1000 brain cells. This rapid loss of brain cells causes very slow brain activity. After those 2 glasses of beer, the person may feel relaxed and mellow, but after 4 or 5 you become extremely tense and anxious. If you get very drunk however, you can loose visual perception of objects and your euphoria, which is a chemical released by the brain when pleasure is felt, can become over used, which can cause depression. You can also experience black outs, which is when the cerebellum is affected by the alcohol and is shut down. The worst possible affect of alcohol towards the brain would be death. Death occurs when a person consumes so much alcohol that it has made it way through the medulla. The Medulla is the inner core of the brain, and when the medulla is heavily affected, it can cause an extremely slow heart rate and also cease breathing. When your heart rate and breathing stops, your body shuts down and you die. I hope that you now understand the serious affects of alcohol and the human body, especially the brain. Here are some helpful hints God for bid you witness an irresponsible drinking episode.If an intoxicated person is semiconscious, you should not encourage vomiting. Vomiting can cause choking.Never let friends drive drunk. Insist on driving, and if you have to take the keys away.Never be afraid to call someone, ev...

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