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WHATS YOURPOISON????

TRILOK THAKUR


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Alcoholics Anonymous started an exclusive

womens group in Pune a year ago June2008

ASSOCHAMS latest survey reveals CEOS prefer teetotalers -

Teetotalers are more productive, efficient & competitive. Theystick to deadlines & are good at time management. My team

members have to be workaholics not drinkaholics- July 2008

U.S. researchers said in a

study Drinking alcohol

lowers brains ability to

detect threat Chicago;

September 2008


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In a large sample

study conducted

in Karnataka by

the NIMHANS

found that 65% of

the women who

drink indulge in

hazardous

drinking at somepoint of time or

the other (

against 80% of

men).And that

women seem todrink less in a

positive frame of

mind than men.

May 2008

Hardly a woman came to

our centre for treatment 2years ago . Now we treat 4-5

cases a month at our OPD .

Number of inquiries from

female addicts has gone up

to 20-22 per month MuktaPuntambekar; Mukangan De-

Addiction Centre August

2008


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Experts agree that one of the principal problemsis that alcohol has never been treated in thiscountry as a public health issue. The onlylegislations directly addressing it are stateExcise Acts which follow the law admittently

framed by the colonial administration to makemoney. Dr.Vivek Benegal, associate professor ofpsychiatry at NIMHANS De-Addiction Centresays We seem to think that only the 4 Ps- thepoor, the privileged, the perverted & theprimitive- have alcohol in this country. Onlywhen we acknowledge it as a public healthproblem- common, not rare- will we have lookedat it holistically- May 2008


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PATTERNS OF ALCOHOL USE

Category Definition Organization

Moderate

Drinking

In men, lessthan/equal to 2 drinks

per day.

In women, lessthan/equal to 1 drinkper day.

In persons older than65 yrs of age, lessthan/equal to 1 drinkper day

National

Institute ofAlcohol Abuse&

Alcoholism(NIAAA)


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Category Definition Organizat

ion

At-risk drinking In men, more than 14 drinks per weekor more than 4 drinks per occasion.

In women, more than 7 drinks per weekor more than 3 drinks per occasion.

NIAAA

Hazardousdrinking

At risk for adverse consequences fromalcohol.

WHO

HarmfulDrinking

Alcohol causing physical orpsychological harm

WHO


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EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL

Behavioral Effects: At a level of 0.05% alcohol in the blood, thought,

judgment & restraint are loosened & sometimesdisrupted.

At a concentration of 0.1%, voluntary motor actions

usually become perceptibly clumsy. At 0.2%, the function of the entire motor area of the brain

is measurably depressed, & the parts of the brain thatcontrol emotional behavior are also affected.

At 0.3% a person is commonly confused or may become

stuporous At 0.4-0.5% the person falls into a coma.

Persons with long term histories of alcohol abuse cantolerate much higher concentrations of alcohol than canalcohol nave persons


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Sleep effects:

usually increases the ease of falling asleep.

alcohol use is associated with a decrease inREM sleep (dream sleep) & deep sleep(stage IV) & more sleep fragmentation,with more & longer episodes of awakening.


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EFFECTS ON LIVER:

Fatty liver

Alcoholic hepatitis

Hepatic cirrhosis.

. This liver

could beyours


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LIVER DAMAGE DUE TO

EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL IS

A MAJOR CAUSE OF

DEATH


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CIRRHOSIS - CAUSED

DUE TO EXCESSIVE

ALCOHOL

CONSUMPTION


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Effects onGastrointestinalSystem:

Oesophagitis

Gastrititis & gastriculcers.

Pancreatic cancer

.what if you foundan ulcer in your

stomach???


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EFFECTS ON BRAIN:

Wernicke - Korsakoffpsychosis

Amnesia

Cognitive impairment

Blackouts


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Effects on other bodysystems:

Colonic cancer


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Myocardial infarction


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Alcohol intake during pregnancymay lead to Fetal Alcohol

SyndromeDo you want yourchild to be 1 of them??


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THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL

ARE PROGRESSIVE AND

SLOWYOU NEVER KNOW WHATS

HAPPENING INSIDE YOR

BODY


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YOU COULD BE ONE OF

THOSE MILLIONS WHO

DIE DUE TO EXCESSIVE

ALCOHOL INTAKE.


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BEWARE!!! THE

DEADLIEST DRUG IN OUR

WORLD..


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SAY NO TO ALCOHOL

TRILOK THAKUR

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