Understanding the Dangers of Excessive Alcohol Consumption and the Benefits of Moderate Drinking

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What makes the excessive use of alcohol dangerous and why
moderate drinking is considered healthful?
According to Davis, 2018, at first, it is important to know what amount of
consumption of alcohol is considered harmful. For men, more than 5 drinks during 1 drinking
session or more than 14 drinks in a week is considered risky. Whereas, for women four or
more drinks in a day and more than seven drinks in a week is considered risky. Alcohol plays
an important role in severe trauma wounds, motor vehicle accidents, suicides, and sexual
assaults. Excessive consumption of alcohol can increase the risk of heart disease, liver
disease, cancer, sleep disorder, depression, and sexually transmitted diseases due to unsafe
sex and excess drinking (Nordqvist, 2018). It will also lead to some other health problems
such as high blood pressure and diabetes. Excessive drinking can cause huge range of brain
damages especially during pregnancy. Drinking alcohol during pregnancy can be unsafe. It
restricts individual`s mental moods, emotions, reactions and functions on multiple levels. It
also affects the central nervous system that causes difficulty while processing the information
and poses certain challenges with solving problems (Entis, 2017).
Regular drinking affects and weakens the immune system because it catches cold, flu and
other illness more often as compared to people who do not drink. Moreover, extreme alcohol
consumption damages while blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets. Each time of heavy
alcoholic consumption reduces the body`s immunity to handle infections. It disturbs the fine
motor coordination that leads to injuries from falls. Heavy drinking speeds up the normal
aging process and inability to remember the occasions. Apart from this, dysfunctional
drinking results into malnourishment and nutrient deficiencies (Gellis, 2017).
According to Entis, (2017), Excess of everything results bad or worst whereas
moderate usage of alcohol can benefit oneself. There are many benefits of moderate alcohol