Every year, thousands of cases of alcohol abuse are reported. People tend to think life is very long and they will never have problems getting drunk; however reality is different and abuse can have serious consequences.
Alcohol poisoning is a result of drinking more alcohol than the body can process. This condition can have serious effects on your health and in some cases it can even lead to death. This is not something to be taken lightly.
Passing out and alcohol poisoning are often confused, but they are not the same. When you have been poisoned from excessive alcohol intake, you enter a coma-like state where you can’t react to external stimulus and wake up.
This comatose state is very dangerous, and the more time you spend on it, the higher will be the dangers in your body and the chances of ending up dead.
We all know that society and some problems can easily lead to alcohol abuse. For instance, teenagers and college students, often binge drink and abuse alcohol without measuring the consequences out of peer pressure and “social status” inside a group.
Alcoholics also have a great danger of ending up dead. Since they often drink, the body develops a “resistance” to the symptoms of being drunk. So they keep drinking without being able to measure the amounts of alcohol in the blood. Small children can also end up in this problem out of curiosity.
Is this a common problem? Yes, these numbers reflect it: each year 50,000 cases of alcohol poisoning are reported just in USA, and it has been estimated that AT LEAST one person dies each week as a result.
To many people this is a reflection on current law with alcohol, which is seen as legal, and a substance that can do no real harm. As a matter of fact, we see that it can be as dangerous as some “illegal drugs”.
For your well being, control your intake of alcohol or avoid it completely.
Death statistics for underage alcohol poisoning don’t lie. It is time to put an end to this problem and inform other people to start reducing alcohol poisoning occurrences for good.
Tags: Alcohol Abuse, alcohol poisoning, alcoholics, Drug Abuse, well being