Drinking Alcohol can affect the health of the drinker in several different ways, such ways that can affect the drinker to have pain throughout the body which can eventually lead to their death. Alcohol can be bad for a lot of things but alcohol is also “…bad for your blood pressure. Even modest amount of alcohol can cause blood pressure to rise, especially in older adults.”(“20 reasons...” par#2). A person with high blood pressure has a risk of getting Hypertension, which causes increased strain on the heart as it is working too hard to pump blood around the body. Therefore, getting the risk of having a heart attack or heart enlargement which can lead to a heart failure. Unlike food alcohol is quickly digested and it “…require time for digestion, alcohol needs no digestion and is quickly absorbed….absorbing a metabolizing before most other nutrients.”(“Alcohol” par# 5). As alcohol is absorbed in the small intestine, and it goes through the liver, brain, and other organs of your body. The damage that the alcohol leaves can last a lifetime. Alcohol doesn 't damage only your liver and brain, but it also damages your ability to walk and talk properly, to do the right thing
Drinking alcohol can also affect your body by harming your major organs, which can last a lifetime. Alcohol has the ability to cause “brain cells to swell. Permanent
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