Alcoholism

Alcohol is a mood altering depressant drug. It can affect almost every part of a person’s body. The affect alcohol has on a person depends on their sex, weight, how fast they metabolize alcohol, situation, mood, and the presence of food in the stomach. Alcohol decreases a person’s inhibitions, which factor into an increased sexual drive (www.runet.edu). Alcohol affects the mind and body of a person. Once alcohol is swallowed it …

…with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Changes in menstrual cycles can also occur. Alcohol can affect the ability to become pregnant, or the loss of the pregnancy. These changes in sex hormone levels for men and women can be improved with abstinence from alcohol and other mood altering drugs Alcohol has a lasting affect on almost every part of a person’s body. The affects can sometimes be cured with the absence of alcohol in the system.