Alcohol and its effects. Alcohol is a central nervous system depressant- it slows down the body’s functions and its effects are similar to those of a general anaesthetic. Ethyl alcohol (ethanol) is the active ingredient in all alcoholic drinks. If you take any alcoholic beverage and remove the ingredients that give it taste and colour‚ you get ethyl alcohol. Remove the water from ethyl alcohol and you get ether. Ether is an anaesthetic that works on the brain and puts it to sleep. The same
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There are three general classes that are in relation to alcohol: beers‚ wines‚ and spirits. Several alcoholic beverages are extremely popular; however the most consumed is beer. It has been around as far back as 95000 BCE. Overtime‚ alcoholic beverages have been found to be consumed for a variety of reasons due to hygienic‚ dietary‚ medicinal‚ religious‚ or recreational purposes. With drinking an alcoholic beverage‚ there are several consequences that may occur‚ most significantly within your liver. The
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g/day)‚ that is‚ four to five drinks per day‚ and that these are consumed in rapid succession‚ leading to intoxication on three or more days per week. Individuals who consume these levels of alcohol have a greater-than-average risk of developing alcoholic liver cirrhosis. However‚ the levels should not be taken as absolute‚ since they can vary greatly in different individuals‚ according to body weight and other factors. | The symptoms and consequences associated with severe alcohol consumption
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alcohol. Alcohol dependence affects many different kinds of people around the world; men‚ women‚ rich‚ poor‚ business people‚ laborers and people from many different religions and cultures. Alcoholism dates back hundreds of years. In the early 1900s alcoholics would be viewed immoral and of weak character and would be punished. Today‚ about 62 million people suffer from this illness. Scientist do not know what exactly causes alcoholism‚ but most experts suspect it’s a combination of things. Genetic
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neurotoxic effects of alcohol. Social cognition is thought to be processed in the PFC‚ but so far only few studies have addressed the issue of social cognition deficits in alcoholism. This review aims to evaluate the deficits in social cognition in alcoholic patients. In addition an outline for future perspectives is given. Methods Medline and Psyclit searches were performed for a 30-year period (1977–2007). Results Alcoholism is associated clearly with social cognition impairments which include emotional
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attended an open Alcoholics Anonymous (Al-Anon) family and friends meeting on April 19th‚ 2017 at 10:00 am. The meeting was held in a church and ended around 11:30 am. This was a support group for family and friends who have been affected by relatives and friends with alcoholism. There were about 20 people in attendance and the group was arranged with seats facing the front of the room. Most group members were at least middle-age or older‚ and most likely are parents of an alcoholic; I was the youngest
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does not grow on trees‚ where do we get money? Realistically speaking‚ it is hard work that enables us to have money. That is why most of us engage in some sort of work to earn a living. In metropolitan cities such Kuala Lumpur‚ we can see many workaholics leave their houses early in the morning and come back home when the sun sets. Some even work on extra shifts until midnight. The competition for money is so fierce that everyone cannot slack in their work. However‚ the minority of lucky people
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work well under stress; this is an important trait to have in the workplace as the workplace tends to be very stressful. Manager’s need people who can get things done correctly whilst under stress. The opposite of being emotionally stable would be emotional instability or neuroticism. People who are emotionally unstable tend to experience negative emotions such as fear‚ depression and anger. They see ordinary situations to be stressful. Openness to experience: A person who is open to experience
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Big Five Personality Inventory The Big Five Test is a compilation of 70 questioned geared towards “measuring how accurate or inaccurate the statements pertain to you.”(Wentz) This test is considered to be an objective test measuring certain traits of the individual taking it rather than states. Traits differ from states in the sense that traits are life-long characteristics; meanwhile states are temporary characteristics of an individual. This test was designed to
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In the short stories “Catch the Moon” by Judith Ortiz and “The Bass‚ The River‚ and Sheila Mant” by W.D Wetherell we are introduced to Luis Cintron‚ a teenage boy who unfortunately lost his mom and now has a reputation as a “bad kid” as a result of him not knowing how to cope with the loss of his mother. In the second short story we are introduced to the narrator who loves to fish but the girl he is trying to impress despises and now he has a big decision to make. As the story progresses in “Catch
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