Anemia

Heavy drinking can cause the number of oxygen-carrying red blood cells to be abnormally low. This condition, known as anemia, can trigger a host of symptoms, including fatigue, shortness of breath, and lightheadedness.

Cardiovascular disease

Heavy drinking, especially bingeing, makes platelets more likely to clump together into blood clots, which can lead to heart attack or stroke. In a landmark study published in 2005, Harvard researchers found that binge drinking doubled the risk of death among people who initially survived a heart attack.

There are more, just follow the above link to the article. With all the commercials showing people having fun drinking, it can seem that alcohol is harmless. There’s a dark side to alcohol that most people never see. If a person doesn’t have a problem with alcohol then they wouldn’t know the troubling facts about alcoholism and the damage it causes. Heavy drinking affects almost every organ in the body, and kills more people than all other drugs combined.

So, enjoy alcohol if you don’t have a problem, but if you think you have a problem, then likely you have a problem. Ask for a free consultation with someone who works with addiction disorders. You should at least know the truth. If a person’s afraid to look at his or her drinking, they’re taking a big risk with their physical well-being, not to mention that mental and spiritual well-being, relationships, occupation and so forth. At NewDay we make it easy to talk about the problem — we all understand and their is no judgement, just a concern to offer help if it’s needed. Lots of people ask for help with an alcohol problem, old and young, all races, all socio-economic categories, male and female, alcohol problems know no boundaries. Just what does alcohol do the body? What’s it doing to your body?