Use Of Alcohol

Index

ANTECEDENTS

BACKGROUND TO ALCOHOL.

ALCOHOL USE IN PEOPLE.

CONSEQUENCES OF ALCOHOL.

THE ACCESSIBILITY OF YOUTH TO ALCOHOL.

WHAT, HOW MUCH AND HOW THEY CONSUME?

CONSIDERED MEASURES OF ALCOHOL USE.

CONCLUSIONS

BIBLIOGRAPHIC

INTRODUCTION

The use of spirits is ancient and appears spread between all the Earth towns, that from the dawn of the humanity learned to prepare an ample drink range starting off of the fermentation of sweetened substances.

But the moderate consumption of wines, beers and other products of little alcoholic graduation has entered to comprise of the habitual diet of many people, equally old and widely spread it is to the abuse of such drinks, coverall those of contained major alcoholic, that practically goes back to when the man it discovered that they could have intoxicating effects (1).

The alcohol consumption, has been recognized like factor of social and enhancing integration of the coexistence. The alcohol is one of the drugs that by their easy access and powerful propaganda have become a true social problem, almost all the countries and all the ages from the adolescence. The alcohol is the drug more widely used by the adolescents.

The adolescence is a especially vulnerable stage as far as the experimentation and adoption of diverse conducts, between which is the consumption of addictive substances like the alcohol.

ANTECEDENTS

Alcohol is high in calories does not have important nutrients such as proteins, vitamins, and minerals. People who drink a lot of alcohol and eat little food often suffer from malnutrition. Because alcohol is high in calories it is also fattening. One serving of beer (360 milliliters, or 12 fluid ounces) has about 150 calories.

Alcohol is a powerful drug. Because of the widespread use of alcoholic beverages, many people do not realize that alcohol is a drug. Specifically, alcohol is depressant. It dulls the nerve centers of the brain that control judgment, attention, memory, and self-control. A person who has been drinking acts more on feeling than on thought and judgment.

The drinker may feel overconfident and act on impulse. This is very true when the person is active and in the company of other people. A person who drinks while alone is likely to be made depressed and sleepy by the alcohol.

Typically, these effects begin to appear after a person has drunk about 10 milliliters (1/3 ounce) of alcohol. This is the amount of alcohol contained in 20 milliliters (2/3 ounce) of whiskey. A bottle of beer, a highball, or a cocktail has more than this amount.

Alcohol is used up or metabolized very quickly in the body. Therefore, a given amount of alcohol drunk over several hours will have less effect than the same amount taken over a short period of time.

Drinking a large, amount of alcohol -30 milliliters (1 ounce) or more may make a person loud, talkative, affectionate, or quarrelsome. The drinker may not consider what other people think of this conduct. The alcohol is also likely to make the person dizzy and lightheaded. Movements become slow, and muscular coordination is upset. This causes an unsteady walk and slurred, mixed-up speech.

A person in such a condition is said to be intoxicated. After many drinks, a person may pass out. Upon waking, the person usually feels uncomfortable and irritable. Her or she usually very thirsty , has a headache, is dizzy, and may suffer from nausea and vomiting.

The blood vessels of the skin get larger after the use of alcohol. This causes the face to flush and gives a false feeling of warmth. The rise in blood flow through the skin causes the body to lose heat, not save it. So the idea of drinking an alcoholic beverage to keep warm is incorrect.

Alcohol

Currently there is a growing demand for information about patterns of alcohol consumption in our society, and social issues raised by staff. Within these patterns become more important those associated with patterns of adolescence and youth, which is increasing in both number of drinks purchased, as in its alcohol content.

The accessibility of youth to alcohol is increasing, despite the prohibitions of sales to minors. The average age of onset for alcohol use among students, according to data from the Survey on Drug Use in the School Population 1998 (Government Office for the National Plan on Drugs), is 13.6 years and the average age of onset weekly consumption stands at 14.9 years, according to this source the girls reported higher prevalence of alcohol consumption, although in smaller quantities. The 84.2% of students have used alcohol occasionally and 43.9% smoked at least once a week. As for drunkenness 41% of schoolchildren have been drunk at some time and 23.6% last month.

About 80% of teen deaths due to violent causes and among them those related to drugs or alcohol account for 50%, with a higher percentage of suicides in addicted to these substances. In addition, family factors are considered of great importance in the onset and clinical course of addiction to alcohol and other drugs, since up to one third of children have their first supply of alcohol consumption within the home environment, so Family involvement is very important in any therapeutic program.

Why eat?

The most widely shared belief among different groups of adolescents and youth, has to do with the association, in his opinion, between alcohol consumption and "positive consequences" that this provides. Among these are, as they indicate an enhancement of psycho-physical activity (joy, elation, overcoming shyness and withdrawal, mood improvement, etc..), Possibility of fun and integration within the group of friends where the Most consume.

To the extent that alcohol gives young people a series of effects or positive consequences, and the young are interpreted as a benefit, such effects become reasons for consumption. The youth, as a rule, does not associate alcohol consumption with the problems that can bring, they expect global positive changes of alcohol (facilitator of emotional expressiveness, inhibitions and enhancing social relationships, etc..), While

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