Scientists Say Alcohol Abuse Kills
by Fatima A.
Although many people who drink can not be labeled
as having a drinking problem, there are many teenage alcoholics. A lot of
alcoholics either deny having a drinking problem or claim that their constant
drinking would not be the cause of their death. But they are in denial,
because a lot of them do not realize or do not want to acknowledge the fact
that their lives are at risk. Just drinking alcohol on a regular basis
drastically reduces the chances of living a long, healthy life.
"I am against drinking, but many people think
that drinking is a way to fit in with other peeps," says Balkis Nasery,
sophomore. "I mean I know it sounds a little trite, but to me, in a sense,
they think that."
If people who drink think that it is a good
outlet to express their "coolness" or increase their popularity, or just a way
to have fun, they should reasearch their addiction. What they find out will
make them think twice before taking another drink.
A long period of heavy drinking can cause
scarring of the liver, which can keep it from performing its many vital
functions. A damaged liver can no longer clear the blood of bodily poisons,
which usually injures other organs.
Heavy drinking can cause the lining of the
pancreas to swell, causing chemicals to digest the pancreas itself. This
brings on abdominal pain, vomiting, and even death.
Alcohol messes up the chemical messages that
brain cells send to each other, which enable sober people to act and think
sensibly. Once these messages are distorted, thoughts become jumbled, judgment
becomes impaired, and the brain centers that control vision, balance, and
speech stop functioning properly. This loss of control allows people to become
involved in numerous unfortunate situations. Alcoholics may act violently,
lose control of their cars and possibly kill people, wake up in strange places
and not know how they got there, and even have unprotected sex with anybody,
risking pregnancies and the contraction of sexually transmitted diseases (such
as AIDS).
Heavy use of alcohol over the years can cause
high blood pressure, damage the heart muscles and pressure the heart to grow
bigger, causing it to work harder. Unable to pump enough blood for the needs
of the body, the heart also begins to beat irregularly.
Alcohol can do major damage to other muscles
(besides the heart). Severe alcohol use can cause weakness by not allowing
muscle cells to absorb calcium, which is needed by muscle cells to contract.
Alcohol also irritates the lining of the stomach,
which can cause vomiting. Long-term use of alcohol can cause stomach cancer
and cancer of the esophagus. Call (619) 295-2666 or the Teen Recovery Center
at (619) 521-2250.
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I've stood for more sneers and
scoffs and insults and had my life threatened from one end of the
land to the other by this God-forsaken gang of thugs and cutthroats
because I have come out uncompromisingly against them. Billy Sunday
Alcohol Kills!
I tell you that the curse of God
Almighty is on the saloon. Billy Sunday
Jacqueline Saburido
(pictured above)
Teens Drink One-Fifth of U.S. Alcohol!
Flying and Alcohol
Beer Soaks America (exposing the lying propaganda of the beer
industry)
The above picture speaks 1,000 words. The beer industry hypocritically tells
teens not to drink alcohol until they are 21, while those same companies
saturate American culture with booze, booze, booze! Consequently, underaged
drinking is an epidemic problem in America!
Scriptures Condemning Drinking Strong Drink...
Judges 13:4, Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and
drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing.
1st Samuel 1:15, And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a
woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but
have poured out my soul before the LORD.
Proverb:20:1,
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and
whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Proverb
31:4, It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink
wine; nor for princes strong drink.
Isaiah 5:22,
Woe
unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle
strong drink.
Isaiah 24:9, They shall
not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink
it.
Isaiah 28:7, But they
also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way;
the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are
swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err
in vision, they stumble in judgment.
I've stood for
more sneers and scoffs and insults and had my life threatened from
one end of the land to the other by this God-forsaken gang of thugs
and cutthroats because I have come out uncompromisingly against
them. Billy Sunday
Alcohol Kills!
Beer kills!
Wine
is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not
wise.
Proverb 20:1
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Only one life 'twill soon be past,
only what's done for
Christ will last.
Ye Must Be Born Again!
God
is Against Alcohol, Period!
Jacqueline Saburido (pictured above)
I tell you that the curse of God Almighty is on the saloon.
Billy Sunday
Billy Sunday (1862-1935)
Beer is for fools!!!
"Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and
whosoever
is deceived thereby is not wise." ~Proverb
20:1
Alcohol
Kills!
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(Alcoholic's Anonymous)
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There is Hope!
Jacqueline Saburido
(pictured above)
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
—Proverb 20:1
Alcohol tastes and feels good, but is
rotten to the core!
G.A.D.D.
GOD AGAINST DRUNK DRIVERS!
“Whiskey and beer are all right in
their place, but their place is in hell.” —Billy Sunday
“The man who votes
for the saloon is pulling on the same rope with the devil, whether
he knows it or not.” —Billy Sunday
Teens Drink
One-Fifth of U.S. Alcohol!
Flying
And Alcohol
Beer Soaks America
(exposing
the lying propaganda of the beer industry)
Ye Must Be Born Again!
