Alcohol

Alcohol is created when grains, fruits, or vegetables are fermented. Fermentation is actually that uses yeast or bacteria to change the sugars in the food into alcohol. According to surveys in the United States, the said country actually has legal drinking age of 21, but according to the surveys, results say that almost 80% high school students have tried alcohol. Why do teens loved to drink alcohol despite the effects it can give to our body? How does it affect our body?

When people drink alcohol, it is absorbed into the bloodstream. From there, it will affect the central nervous system like the spinal cord and the brain which controls all the body functions. Since alcohol is a depressant, it slows down the function of the central nervous system by blocking some of the messages trying to get into the brain. This will alter the person's perceptions, movement, vision, emotions and even its hearing.

As what alcoholics do to alcohol, alcohols can actually help a person feel more relaxed and less anxious. Maybe because of this, many teens that are problematic tend to just use alcohols as their excuse to forget all of them.  While a more intake of this will cause greater changes in the brain, which results in intoxication. Well, people who actually overused alcohol could have made their movements disoriented, make their speech slur, they may even lose their coordination while drunk, and could even make them confused. Depending on some person, the level of intoxication may differ through the effects. Sometimes the effects of intoxication may result to a person being so very friendly, talkative or even very aggressive and could make you angry. The reason for people not to drink while driving is that it slows down the reaction time of people. The intoxicated person actually thinks that he or she is moving properly when they are actually not. This is because the brains activities are the most affected when intoxication happens.

Well, ever wonder what happens if a person consumes large amount of alcohol in just a short period of time? Well, alcohol poisoning will be the result of such action. In this stage, the body has become poisoned because of the large amount of alcohol. One symptom of this is vomiting; other symptoms may be sleepiness, unconsciousness, and low blood sugar, difficulty in breathing, seizures, and even death.

There are actually many reasons why teens drink alcohol. First of this is due to curiosity, to feel good, relax and reduce stress, also they do this to fit in, and also to feel order. Well, if you think you can't avoid drinking alcohol then thinking twice because there are actually many ways to do it.

If all your friends drink and you do not want to and you can't say no to them, then you can think of many ways to reject such offer from friends without being rejected by friends. You can have a good excuse of rejecting such offer, your friends would be able to understand you in that matter. Instead of having parties in the club and drink, you can plan of activities with sports. In that way, you may be able to help yourself to stay fit and healthy. Maintain a strong self esteem, because according to some studies, teens with strong self esteem become most like a problem drinker than those teens with low self esteem.

If you think you had become an addict to drinking alcohol, then you might consider asking for guidance and help from trusted people. One you can immediately ask is your parents, they will always help you. Other people would be counselors and even physicians.