The short-term effects of drinking alcohol can cause numerous adverse effects on the user, including:1
- Slowed reaction times and reflexes
- Poor motor coordination
- Blurred vision
- Slurred speech
- Lowered inhibitions and increase in risk behavior
- Lowered reasoning ability, impaired judgment
- Memory loss
- Confusion, anxiety, restlessness
- Slowed heart rate, reduced blood pressure
- Slowed breathing rate
- Heavy sweating
- Nausea and vomiting
- Dehydration – a leading cause of condom breakage
- Coma
- Death from respiratory arrest
A person who consistently uses alcohol over a period of time will develop a tolerance to the effects of drinking; that is, it takes progressively more alcohol to achieve the same effects. Over time, that person may grow dependent on alcohol, and in some cases this can lead to a vicious cycle of addiction.
Footnotes
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- Alcohol: long and short term health risks.
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- Alcohol Poisoning
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- Alcohol is really bad for you
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- Say NO to Alcohol!
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- Alcohol is the anesthesia… George Bernard Shaw about alcohol.
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- Danger alcohol
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