Alcohol

Alcohol is a depressant drug, which means it slows down the messages traveling between the brain and the body. Alcohol affects everyone differently, based on size, weight, and health. You might have an experience of feeling relaxed, trouble in concentrating, slower reflexes, increased confidence, feeling happier or sadder, depending on your mood

If you consume a lot of alcohol, you might experience; confusion, blurred vision, clumsiness, memory loss, nausea, vomiting, passing out, coma, death, etc., you may have a hangover after drinking which sings are a headache, diarrhoea and nausea, tiredness and trembling, increased heart rate and blood pressure, dry mouth, trouble concentrating, anxiety, poor sleeping ratio.

If you consume alcohol for a long-term, it may eventually cause effects like depression, poor memory, and brain damage, difficulty getting an erection, difficulty for having children, liver disease, cancer, high bp, heart disease, needing to drink more to get the same effect, physical dependence on alcohol.

Giving up alcohol after drinking it for a long time is challenging because the body has to get used to functioning without it. You should consult health professionals or addiction centers once you decide to minimize alcohol. As there are certain things you don’t realize while having alcohol.If your use of alcohol is affecting your health, family, relationships, work, school, financial or other life situations, you can find immediate help and support.

Alcohol treatment programme which is provided in a residential setting. Rehabs are usually abstinence-based and offer an intense plan of support and care aimed at people who have difficulty becoming drug-free in the community.

Traditional types of rehabs often involve the person having a complete break from their current circumstances and staying at a center that is away from their home and drug-using environment. You can consider it as outpatient rehab facilities.Newer models of residential treatment are emerging across the country, which includes supported housing provision linked to structured treatment and other local services. You can consider it as an inpatient rehab facilities too.