1. Short and long term effects
Alcohol
Short and long term effects

2. EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL
Factors that may influence how an individual may be affected by alcohol:
Quantity
How quickly they have drunk the alcohol 
Whether they have mixed other drugs
How regularly they drink
Their mood
Their age, sex and body weight
Food
Women will almost always have a higher BAC. One reason is that a woman’s body contains more fatty tissue and less water than a man’s body and women are often smaller than men.
A smaller person will have a higher blood alcohol concentration (BAC) than a larger person, because the alcohol is concentrated in a smaller body mass

3. BRAIN: Function: oversees bodily functions and allows consciousness
Short term effects:
Reduced control over reaction time, co-ordination, thinking and speech
Alcohol poisoning
Unconsciousness
Long term effects:
Memory loss
Alcohol related brain injury
Hallucinations
Impaired motor skills

4. THROAT Function: to swallow food Short term effects: Dryness
Long term effects:
Cancer of the throat, mouth and oesophagus

5. HEART Function: to pump blood around the body Short term effects:
Some types of heart problems and stroke by affecting heart rate, blood pressure and blood flow.
Long term effects:
Heart disease
Stroke
Hypertension

6. KIDNEYS
Function: to filter out toxins (eg. alcohol) from blood and remove them through urine. Balance fluid.
Short term effects:
Dehydration
Long term effects:
Kidney disease

7. STOMACH Short term effects: Irritation Diarrhoea Long term effects:
Stomach lining inflamed and irritated
Bleeding
Loss of appetite
Ulcers
Cancer
Weight gain

8. SMALL INTESTINE Function: digestion and absorption of food
Long term effects:
Inflammation
Irritation of lining
Cancer

9. LIVER Functions: removes toxins (alcohol) from the body.
Alcohol is processed by the liver at a fixed rate, getting rid of about one standard drink per hour.
Long term effects:
Inflammation (hepatitis)
Cirrhosis of the liver
Liver failure
Cancer

11. Other effects of alcohol?
Social
Emotional