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WHATS YOURPOISON????
TRILOK THAKUR
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Alcoholics Anonymous started an exclusive
womens group in Pune a year ago June2008
ASSOCHAMS latest survey reveals CEOS prefer teetotalers -
Teetotalers are more productive, efficient & competitive. Theystick to deadlines & are good at time management. My team
members have to be workaholics not drinkaholics- July 2008
U.S. researchers said in a
study Drinking alcohol
lowers brains ability to
detect threat Chicago;
September 2008
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In a large sample
study conducted
in Karnataka by
the NIMHANS
found that 65% of
the women who
drink indulge in
hazardous
drinking at somepoint of time or
the other (
against 80% of
men).And that
women seem todrink less in a
positive frame of
mind than men.
May 2008
Hardly a woman came to
our centre for treatment 2years ago . Now we treat 4-5
cases a month at our OPD .
Number of inquiries from
female addicts has gone up
to 20-22 per month MuktaPuntambekar; Mukangan De-
Addiction Centre August
2008
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Experts agree that one of the principal problemsis that alcohol has never been treated in thiscountry as a public health issue. The onlylegislations directly addressing it are stateExcise Acts which follow the law admittently
framed by the colonial administration to makemoney. Dr.Vivek Benegal, associate professor ofpsychiatry at NIMHANS De-Addiction Centresays We seem to think that only the 4 Ps- thepoor, the privileged, the perverted & theprimitive- have alcohol in this country. Onlywhen we acknowledge it as a public healthproblem- common, not rare- will we have lookedat it holistically- May 2008
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PATTERNS OF ALCOHOL USE
Category Definition Organization
Moderate
Drinking
In men, lessthan/equal to 2 drinks
per day.
In women, lessthan/equal to 1 drinkper day.
In persons older than65 yrs of age, lessthan/equal to 1 drinkper day
National
Institute ofAlcohol Abuse&
Alcoholism(NIAAA)
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Category Definition Organizat
ion
At-risk drinking In men, more than 14 drinks per weekor more than 4 drinks per occasion.
In women, more than 7 drinks per weekor more than 3 drinks per occasion.
NIAAA
Hazardousdrinking
At risk for adverse consequences fromalcohol.
WHO
HarmfulDrinking
Alcohol causing physical orpsychological harm
WHO
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EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL
Behavioral Effects: At a level of 0.05% alcohol in the blood, thought,
judgment & restraint are loosened & sometimesdisrupted.
At a concentration of 0.1%, voluntary motor actions
usually become perceptibly clumsy. At 0.2%, the function of the entire motor area of the brain
is measurably depressed, & the parts of the brain thatcontrol emotional behavior are also affected.
At 0.3% a person is commonly confused or may become
stuporous At 0.4-0.5% the person falls into a coma.
Persons with long term histories of alcohol abuse cantolerate much higher concentrations of alcohol than canalcohol nave persons
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Sleep effects:
usually increases the ease of falling asleep.
alcohol use is associated with a decrease inREM sleep (dream sleep) & deep sleep(stage IV) & more sleep fragmentation,with more & longer episodes of awakening.
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EFFECTS ON LIVER:
Fatty liver
Alcoholic hepatitis
Hepatic cirrhosis.
. This liver
could beyours
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LIVER DAMAGE DUE TO
EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL IS
A MAJOR CAUSE OF
DEATH
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CIRRHOSIS - CAUSED
DUE TO EXCESSIVE
ALCOHOL
CONSUMPTION
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Effects onGastrointestinalSystem:
Oesophagitis
Gastrititis & gastriculcers.
Pancreatic cancer
.what if you foundan ulcer in your
stomach???
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EFFECTS ON BRAIN:
Wernicke - Korsakoffpsychosis
Amnesia
Cognitive impairment
Blackouts
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Effects on other bodysystems:
Colonic cancer
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Myocardial infarction
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Alcohol intake during pregnancymay lead to Fetal Alcohol
SyndromeDo you want yourchild to be 1 of them??
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THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL
ARE PROGRESSIVE AND
SLOWYOU NEVER KNOW WHATS
HAPPENING INSIDE YOR
BODY
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YOU COULD BE ONE OF
THOSE MILLIONS WHO
DIE DUE TO EXCESSIVE
ALCOHOL INTAKE.
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BEWARE!!! THE
DEADLIEST DRUG IN OUR
WORLD..
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SAY NO TO ALCOHOL
TRILOK THAKUR
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