FACTS ABOUT ALCOHOL

Alcohol is part of our way of life in Norway and is not a cause of ill health when used in moderation. However, excessive alcohol consumption is a major cause of physical ill-health as well as social and emotional problems.
Norwegians drink more alcohol, but the increase is largest among the wealthy and Norwegians with higher education. Norwegian researchers found a connection between education, income and alcohol consumption. The people with high social status have the largest increase in alcohol consumption, stated Strand and his colleague Asbjørn Steiro in the Norwegian medical association magazine. You can get a lot of diseases from drinken such as liver diseases, pancreatitis, epilepsy, polyneuropathy, alcoholic dementia and heart disease.Long term misuse of alcohol can also cause a wide range of mental health effects. Alcohol misuse is not only toxic to the body but also to brain function and thus psychological well.Psychiatric disorders are common in alcoholics, especially anxiety and depression disorders.As many as 25% of the allcoholics suffer under psychiatric disorders.

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