Alcohol is classified as a sedative-hypnotic drug, a substance that depresses the central nervous system, especially when consumed in high doses. This can impact a range of essential functions in your body including your respiratory system, your brain function, and your organs, leading to a slowing of both voluntary and involuntary functions. In some cases, alcohol abuse may exacerbate conditions but not cause them. In other cases, alcohol may be a component cause of a condition, and ongoing alcohol use will cause flare-ups. For instance, alcohol abuse can be a component cause of gout and worsen the condition. The psychological component of addiction does not refer to the effects alcohol has on one\u2019s mental state, such as disordered thinking.<\/p>\n

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• The most serious effect is\u00a0Korsakoff’s syndrome, characterized in part by an inability to remember recent events or to learn new information.<\/li>\n
• End-stage alcoholism is not technically a medical term, but it is used to describe an alcohol addiction that creates serious, likely terminal health effects.<\/li>\n
• First, the body will build a tolerance, which is a natural process.<\/li>\n
• Unhealthy alcohol use includes any alcohol use that puts your health or safety at risk or causes other alcohol-related problems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  You have developed such a tolerance to alcohol that you feel you have to drink more and more often to get the same effect. Your increased drinking is also damaging your physical and mental health in more severe ways. Those in the end stage of alcoholism, or late or deteriorative stage, are consumed by their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sober-living"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n