Alcohol:A Drink Loved By Many
and how it's bad for you
Definition
"Alcohol is the common name for a substance known as ethyl alcohol, which is created by fermentation."
How It Affects You
Alcohol can affect everyone who drink it. It can also kill you, How? you may ask because it matters how much blood you carry in your body.Because when you drink ,lets say 3 drinks in one hour it can cause life threatening problems and even death
How It Can Affect Your Body
Alcohol can affect your body by making changes to it.When you drink alcohol your body changes like putting a depressant on your body which makes you slow down.
Before and After
The livers main job is to keep poison out of your body ,right? Well "When you drink alcohol, it gets absorbed into your bloodstream and quickly reaches the liver." "A little bit of alcohol is immediately sucked up into the liver and broken down into safe chemicals and the rest goes to the brain and other parts of the body" this causes your liver to fail.
The Statistics Of People Who Drink It
Over 70% of high school seniors have used alcohol.About 19% of older teens and young adults drink alcohol. I wish all of them can know what can happen to them if they continue to drink alcohol.
Works CIted
"Alcohol." Teen Health and Wellness. Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., 2014. Web. 16 Dec. 2014 <http://www.teenhealthandwellness.com/article/35/alcohol->