Recently, doctors have been talking with concern about beer alcoholism..

Beer has always been considered a classic “starter drink”, with which almost all alcoholics started, gradually moving to stronger drinks. Unfortunately, today beer and cigarettes have become fashionable paraphernalia primarily for teenagers and young people. … And in adolescents, alcoholism develops in 3-4 times faster, than adults, and has a more malignant course.

How Beer Alcoholics Become

People don't believe, that beer can lead to real alcoholism, because there is alcohol in it “the cat cried". During the day with beer, you can quietly take a hefty dose of alcohol., sufficient for the development of alcoholism, and for its toxic effect on the body – the heart is the first to suffer, liver and brain.

Since beer usually does not cause high intoxication, like strong drinks, its consumption is calmly perceived by the family and society. As a result, beer consumption is on the rise., what, in turn, contributes to the development of alcoholism.

A teenager gets a psychotropic effect much faster – “bliss” from beer – and subconsciously strives for this. typical picture: on the way home from school, a 16-year-old boy drinks a bottle of beer, meets friends in an hour and drinks a second. Here's a liter of beer, drunk “between this and then”. The next day, the same picture repeats itself, and at first a habit appears., and then addiction. Drink at recess, in the cinema and certainly – at the stadium. Watch out for “fans” before or after the match – how many of them are sober? The young man is unaware, who drinks alcoholic beverage, which changes his psyche. And the habit of such behavior: today “beer”, tomorrow “grass”, then something more poignant, Alas, quickly and dramatically deforms the personality as a whole.

How much alcohol is in beer?

Half liter bottle of beer 5 volume percent alcohol (this is 3.8g of pure alcohol in 100g of beer; in half liter bottle – 19r)

it's already 50g of vodka, 9-% beer – it's 100g of vodka. And the higher the fortress, the more aggressive the toxic substances behave, contained in beer.

Strong beer is especially dangerous, which is becoming more and more popular. The addition of alcohol not only increases its strength to 12%, but it also makes the drink especially dangerous. Alcohol enhances the toxic effect of some components of beer, contained in very small quantities.

The effect of alcohol on the body

There is not a single organ or tissue in the body, who have not been exposed to alcohol:

the heart under its influence quickly wears out; kidneys stop excreting harmful products from the body; liver cells die, she wrinkles, loses its protective function (scientists have proven, that beer drinkers are the most likely to die from cirrhosis of the liver); but the nervous system is especially affected: memory worsens, attention is weakened; thought processes are disrupted, drastically changing behavior, to some extent, the personality is deformed (cruelty appears, irascibility, revenge, or depression, stiffness, замкну­тость, emotional impoverishment, inability to find “mutual language ” with parents); Regular use of alcohol leads to addiction very quickly.; there is a so-called mental dependence; sometimes a young man becomes interested in more than just drinking in the company, but trying with alcohol “decide ” some problem of your own.

the worst – if you already begin to like the very state of intoxication.

When a person drinks for the sake of being drunk as such – this is already a very advanced stage of mental dependence.

Whether there is a “safe doses” beer and what do you mean by that?

Alcohol very roughly interferes with the process of becoming an unformed teenage organism. Shouldn't think, that drinking once or twice a week is normal. This attitude towards alcohol is extremely dangerous.. It's very important to remember: if a teenager drinks three- four times a month – this is abuse and very serious. The worst – if you start drinking often (even the weakest drinks). There is no concept “harmless” drinking for a teenager, until his body has completed its formation. it, usually, going to 20 a year.

As such “safe dose” does not exist. For an adult, the daily dose should not exceed 40-60g of pure alcohol. (this is about 100-150g of vodka). All, which is higher – very dangerous, because it threatens to become addictive (especially, if there is a predisposition). Any dose is dangerous for a teenager. And already, sure, she should be smaller.

Beer: for and against

In beer, in a bizarre way, useful, and harmful ingredients.

Except water and alcohol, contains up to 10% grape, malt sugars and other extractives, easily absorbed by the body.

Beer contains some B vitamins.₁ and B₂. The most useful component – polyphenols. But in beer they are about 10 times less, than grape wine.

There is no consensus on the protective effect of beer polyphenols against atherosclerosis.. There is data, showing, that beer increases the risk of coronary heart disease, caused by atherosclerosis. Biogenic amines – these are the bitter substances of beer – can increase blood pressure, cause headache and cause drowsiness and fatigue. Heavy beer hops are also associated with them., in a state which does not pull on feats, but want to sleep.

Beer also contains such an exotic component in a decent dose., as phytoestrogens plant substances, similar to female sex hormones. In men, beer abusers, they cause feminization, and in women – masculinization.

How advertising deceives

Advertising must promote the cultural consumption of alcoholic beverages. But in reality, everything turns out exactly the opposite.. Advertising “most

advanced beer”, in fact, encourages teens to carry a bottle of beer with them and drink on the go: then getting it out of the wide trousers, then turning the visor of the baseball cap back, so as not to interfere with throwing the bottle higher. An advertisement for another beer touches us with a certain type, drunk to the point of losing the sense of time. What do psychiatrists say?, – this is a classic alcohol symptom. Advertising imposes a simple idea on you: beer – it's not dangerous at all, but “cool”, this is a real man's drink. And to successfully meet a girl, it is best to hold not flowers in your hands., and two bottles of beer – for myself and for her?…

Are there “at-risk groups" – teenagers, for whom drinking alcohol is especially dangerous?

Alcohol addiction – it's a disease.

So, possible predisposition to it, like any other disease. A person does not always know what genes are in him.. But if the parents drink, surely there is every reason to believe, that the child inherited such a predisposition. What if a parent has been diagnosed with alcohol addiction?, then it is their duty to speak to their son or daughter. Warn the child about, that he has a great predisposition to this disease. According to statistics, if the father drinks, then the son's 4 times more likely to become addicted to alcohol, than a peer from a non-drinking family. He should never drink alcohol more often, than once or twice a month. And doses should be minimal..

What to do?

SHOW YOUR WILL POWER, LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF MIND – DON'T GIVE INTO TEMPTATION AND THINK ABOUT YOUR FUTURE!

BEER ALCOHOLISM IN TEENAGERS

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