Alcohol is the Deadliest of Drugs. A team of British Scientists published a paper in 2009 stating that alcohol was more dangerous to our health than crack or heroin and almost 3 times more deadly than tobacco or cocaine. Let that sink in, because it shocked me when I read it.
Fact: Any amount of alcohol at all is actually bad for you
Even Small Amounts Mean a Smaller Brain. Studies have shown that alcohol affects brain size and function. Someone having 4 drinks daily has a brain 10 years ‘older’ than someone who doesn’t. But even moderate drinking, say only a SINGLE glass of beer or wine daily has associations with brain shrinkage and reduced brain structure.
Alcohol has links to depression and psychosis as well as making mental health symptoms overall worse. The most common mental health issue people in general appear to experience with alcohol is anxiety and paranoia.
There has been a sharp increase in T-totallers between the ages of 16–24 year olds in recent years. The more common drinkers are now in fact between the ages of 45–64
Alcohol causes inflammation (which leads to myriad other health issues), dehydrates, disrupts our blood sugar balance (which makes us mood swing, binge eat, get the shakes, disrupts sleep), gunks up our liver (which means our body can't detox and also means we have trouble losing weight - toxins live in fat cells), interferes with the metabolism of nutrients (absorption), replaces healthy calories (malnutrition), changes our pH balance (causing body odor), leads to loss of sleep (which leads to a host of other things that make us look like shit), disrupts the endocrine/glandular system (as in, adrenals/energy, sex hormones/periods/sex drive, sleep cycle), accelerates the aging process, worsens skin issues (like acne), causes bloating, brittle hair, causes memory loss, shrinks gray matter, induces or worsens depressive states, causes broken capillaries/rosacea, leads to other unhealthy and/or risky behavior (like poor food choices, unprotected sex, smoking), is directly linked to certain cancers (like breast cancer). There's also that whole other part about how it addicts us, kills 1 in 10 of us, robs us of years off our lives, our dignity, our freedom, our loved ones and on and on. But it’s glorification and the abuse continues. 🤮https://www.hipsobriety.com/…/yes-alcohol-is-making-
Yikes!!!😬
How alcohol affects your looks
As well as the beer belly and drinker’s nose, alcohol can affect your looks in other ways.
Dry wrinkled skin
Alcohol causes your body and skin to lose fluid (dehydrate).
Dry skin wrinkles more quickly and can look dull and grey.
Alcohol’s diuretic (water-loss) effect also causes you to lose vitamins and nutrients. For example, vitamin A. This is important for skin health.
Skin problems
Alcohol can cause the skin condition rosacea to flare up.
Symptoms of rosacea include:
redness
dilated blood vessels
small red bumps
pus-filled spots on the face
It can also cause broken blood vessels and redness on your face. 90% of patients with rosacea who cut back on alcohol say it helps to reduce flare-ups.
Bloating
Alcohol can cause water retention in your face. This makes your face look bloated and puffy.
Bloodshot eyes
Alcohol can irritate the blood vessels on the surface of your eyes, making them bloodshot.
Dry, thinning hair
Alcohol dries your hair as well as your skin, making it more likely to break and split.
Smell
People who have been drinking can smell bad. The liver breaks down most of the alcohol you drink so that it can be removed from the body. But some alcohol leaves the body through your breath, sweat and urine.
More in The effects of alcohol on your body
Alcohol and depression
Blood pressure and the heart
How alcohol affects your looks
Sex life and fertility
The brain
The liver
The stomach
Weight gain
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The world health organization finally confirmed that consuming this class 1 carcinogen in ANY amount offers zero health benefits. 
Alcohol causes inflammation (which leads to myriad other health issues), dehydrates, disrupts our blood sugar balance (which makes us mood swing, binge eat, get the shakes, disrupts sleep), gunks up our liver (which means our body can't detox and also means we have trouble losing weight - toxins live in fat cells), interferes with the metabolism of nutrients (absorption), replaces healthy calories (malnutrition), changes our pH balance (causing body odor), leads to loss of sleep (which leads to a host of other things that make us look like shit), disrupts the endocrine/glandular system (as in, adrenals/energy, sex hormones/periods/sex drive, sleep cycle), accelerates the aging process, worsens skin issues (like acne), causes bloating, brittles hair, causes memory loss, shrinks gray matter, induces or worsens depressive states, causes broken capillaries/rosacea, leads to other unhealthy and/or risky behavior (like poor food choices, unprotected sex, smoking), is directly linked to certain cancers (like breast cancer). There's also that whole other part about how it addicts us, kills 1 in 10 of us, robs us of years off our lives, our dignity, our freedom, our loved ones and on and on. But it’s glorification and the abuse continues. 🤮https://www.hipsobriety.com/…/yes-alcohol-is-making-you-loo…
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