Almost every system in the body can be negatively affected by alcohol. Excessive alcohol consumption over a period of time can begin to affect almost every system in the body, especially the liver, brain and digestive track.

People would say that drinking alcohol every weekend is just fine as long as it is not every day.  But this every weekend drinking session can lead to alcohol addiction until you became alcohol dependent. This is habit-forming usually affecting men and to some degree also women. Men who cannot face reality and want some form of escape resort to alcohol consumption as solution.  Unfortunately, their chosen solution will only lead to more problems later on.

Alcohol starts to increasingly affect you physically and emotionally, often impairing judgment to a dangerous level. Here are the physical and mental signs of alcoholism so you would know if one’s under alcohol influence:

* While intoxicated: slurred speech, dizziness, clumsiness or unsteadiness
* Blackouts, when you drink so much you pass out
* Weight loss
* Unexplained sore or upset stomach
* Redness in the face or cheeks
* Numbness or tingling in hands and feet.
* Unable to control drinking: “just one drink” rapidly leads to more
* Drinking leads to dangerous situations like driving drunk, walking in an unsafe area
* Increased irritability, agitation and anger, lowered threshold for violence
* Avoiding activities that do not involve the opportunity to drink
* Excessive weeping and emotional displays
* Unexplained absences and sick days from work, or difficulty making commitments
* Oversleeping or difficulty sleeping

Drinking alcohol is woven into the social fabric of our culture, and indeed many people enjoy the social and cultural connection of sharing a drink together. As in most case of addiction, prevention is always the key. Stop the problem before it could even start.