Quit Alcohol like a Woman: How to Quit Alcohol Addiction, Stop Drinking, and Get Back Control of Your Life

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INTRODUCTION

Alcohol is a lawful regulated drug that reduces anxiety and inhibitions while causing a variety of negative effects ranging from lack of coordination to slurred speech. Not everyone who drinks is an alcoholic; nonetheless, if a person has no control over their drinking, they are most certainly suffering from an alcohol use problem (AUD). Over 14 million individuals in the United States suffer from alcohol addiction. Treating AUD can reduce the likelihood of major hazards and deadly results.

What Exactly Is Alcohol?

Alcohol is a commonly used psychoactive substance frequently ingested in social situations. Ethanol, sometimes known as ethyl alcohol, is the intoxicating element in alcoholic beverages that causes the drunken sensation. Beer, wine, and liquor are the most common forms of alcoholic beverages.

Beer has the lowest alcohol concentration by volume (ABV), averaging 5%. Most beers contain 12 ounces of alcohol, or a normal drink, which the body may digest in one hour. The average ABV of wine created from grapes is 12 percent. This makes its alcohol concentration higher than that of beer but lower than that of liquor. A normal glass of wine is a 5-ounce glass. Whiskey, rum, tequila, gin, and vodka are regularly blended with non-alcoholic beverages to make mixed cocktails. The typical ABV of liquor is 40%, and a common drink size is 1.5 ounces.

When swallowed, approximately 20% of the alcohol is absorbed in the stomach; the remaining 80% is absorbed in the small intestine. Through the bloodstream, alcohol enters the rest of the body and begins to impair the regular functioning of the body's systems. The liver is responsible for the bulk of alcohol metabolism. Long-term alcohol consumption and heavy drinking can put a strain on this organ, resulting in health problems. Alcohol interacts with neurotransmitters in the brain, affecting normal mood, consciousness, and perception.

Alcohol's Immediate Effects

Alcohol slows down the brain because it is a Central Nervous System Depressant. This causes slurred speech, coordination difficulty, tiredness, sense and perception distortion, loss of consciousness, reduced inhibitions, and memory impairments in the short term. The degree of alcohol's short-term effects is determined by the amount and rate at which it is ingested, the drinker's weight and gender, and whether or not the food was had previous to drinking. These elements have an effect on how the body handles alcohol. Women are more vulnerable to side effects since they weigh less than men. This implies that even if they consume the same quantity,