The destructive effects of excessive alcohol consumption.

Alcohol? It's not that I dislike alcohol. No, I don't, but rather, I hate it when people drink alcohol to stupor. Some people know the side effects of drinking a lot of alcohol and what it causes in our body systems, yet people are still drinking it.

It's not that we can't drink alcohol; we can, but taking too much of it is bad. Alcohol is the fastest-selling product in our country. Every single day, people buy alcohol. Even we have some people who prefer to buy alcohol than to buy food for themselves. People who drink alcohol have family at home to feed, but they will rather buy alcohol than to provide food for their family.

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And it's common that it's the youth of nowadays that are abusing alcohol. We have some people who cannot control their alcohol level, and if they drink alcohol, they will start to say what they are not supposed to be saying all because they can't control their alcohol level.

I can still remember in my home town there's this man we call Yellow who used to help fix our toilet and kitchen pipe, and the man loved to smoke and drink alcohol. So one day my grandma called the man and sat him down and told him to stop the habit of smoking and drinking alcohol because both are not good for our bodies that it can cause damage to our body system, the man told my grandma that he would stop, and my grandma was happy because of that.

Unknowingly, the man was saying he would stop so that my grandma wouldn't disturb him. So one faithful day the man drank alcohol to stupor and went to his house to sleep. So the second day someone wanted to give the man work, so they went to his house because they couldn't find him where he used to buy and drink is alcohol. So as they reach the man house they asked of him from his neighbours, so one of is neighbours said they should wait and went to his room to call him and discovered that the man was dead and smelling. When the news got to my grandma, she felt sad that it's the alcohol and smoking of cigarettes that killed him.

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We have some people who have died just because they drank too much of alcohol, for some people to use those people as an example and stop drinking alcohol, they didn't stop.
Even the whites are drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes just to warm their bodies and not harm their health, but in our country, they abuse both. Some people know the side effects it can cause to our bodies, but they don't care about the side effects.

I witnessed it one day: how a drunk man drank alcohol to stupor and fell inside the gutter and busted his mouth, and how blood was coming out of his busted man. Still, I saw the man drinking alcohol again the following day, where he used to buy alcohol. Some people don't even care about their health at all; they only care about how they will be drinking alcohol.

We have some people who stop drinking alcohol, because they saw how alcohol has caused death or how it has affected people body systems, while we have some other people who are still drinking it without giving a damn about it.

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There are few side effects of what alcohol causes in our body, and they are:

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Immune system: excessive alcohol consumption can weaken our immune systems.

Cancer: Alcohol consumption can lead to an increased risk of several cancers in our body, such as breast cancer, liver damage, kidney damage, etc.

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Sleep disruption: Alcohol can disrupt sleep patterns; it can also lead people to have poor or shorter sleep; and it can also lead to insomnia, which is a lack of sleep.

Mental health issues (brain): Too much alcohol can cause people to have mental health disorders such as depression, anxiety, etc.

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Heart: Too much of alcohol can increase the risk of developing strokes.

Reproductive systems: Too much alcohol can cause infertility.

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All these things mentioned here can cause side effects of alcohol in our body systems.

I hope with all the side effects of alcohol I listed and explained , we can all stop drinking alcohol for our own better future so that alcohol won't shorten our lifespan on earth.

This is my entry for the Hive Learners Community Contest for week 118, edition 01, which states, 'No more alcohol'.

Thanks for reading❤❤❤❤❤.

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