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Alcohol is a depressant.
It depresses the central nervous systems’ functions, including judgment, inhibitions, and reaction times.
It depletes the body’s fluids and causes thirst and dehydration.
This often leads to persons consuming more alcohol to address their thirst.
The liver normally maintains the body’s blood-sugar levels, but when alcohol is present, the liver ceases normal functions so it can metabolize the alcohol from the bloodstream.
This creates a challenge for diabetics when managing their blood sugar.
But it also creates disruptions in the blood-sugar levels of non-diabetics.
For a non-diabetic person, the eventual drop in blood sugar level can lead to hunger, nausea, and a hangover.
In addition, heavy drinking harms the liver and can result in fatty liver disease, alcohol hepatitis, fibrosis and cirrhosis.
And finally, it weakens the immune system, impeding the body’s ability to ward off infections, and leading to serious acute and chronic conditions, even alcohol poisoning and death.
Basically, alcohol affects every part of the body it touches.