Everyone loves to party. Letting your hair down on a weekend after work is a time honoured tradition. But what when having a good time and relaxing with friends turns into alcohol misuse or substance misuse? These days where alcohol is readily available 24 hours a day it is sometimes hard to say no. Alcohol misuse can ruin lives. Drinking too much can put a strain on relationships. Work can suffer from taking "sickies" and legal issues can arise. Drunk driving for instance. There were over 54.000 convictions for driving whilst over the legal limit in 2015. Of those 5% received a custodial sentence. Could you afford to lose you driving licence?
Not only the legal and social matters that will affect you. What about the physical effects to your body and mental health? Having a good time and becoming a problem drinker is a very fine line which most people don't realise until they have crossed. Drinking too much alcohol or any substance can become problematic over a period of time and the user may become dependant. Even without knowing it. Symptoms of this often include. Drinking too much in one session (binge drinking) Not being able to control the amount you drink. Not being able to or feeling powerless to stop drinking. If you are experiencing any of these conditions you may be an alcoholic.
The physical effects of overdoing any substance are far reaching from person to person. There are different people and different substances. Ranging from heroin to tobacco. They have different types of harmfulness and of course affect people very differently. The health problems from drug and alcohol misuse are costing the NHS billions per year. If nothing else people need to take responsibility of their actions and the knock on effect to other people as well as themselves. Everyone could benefit from at least a prolonged period of abstinence or sobriety. At least from time to time. Give the body a rest and look after themselves a bit more.
Not only the legal and social matters that will affect you. What about the physical effects to your body and mental health? Having a good time and becoming a problem drinker is a very fine line which most people don't realise until they have crossed. Drinking too much alcohol or any substance can become problematic over a period of time and the user may become dependant. Even without knowing it. Symptoms of this often include. Drinking too much in one session (binge drinking) Not being able to control the amount you drink. Not being able to or feeling powerless to stop drinking. If you are experiencing any of these conditions you may be an alcoholic.
The physical effects of overdoing any substance are far reaching from person to person. There are different people and different substances. Ranging from heroin to tobacco. They have different types of harmfulness and of course affect people very differently. The health problems from drug and alcohol misuse are costing the NHS billions per year. If nothing else people need to take responsibility of their actions and the knock on effect to other people as well as themselves. Everyone could benefit from at least a prolonged period of abstinence or sobriety. At least from time to time. Give the body a rest and look after themselves a bit more.