Effects of Long Term Alcohol Abuse

Effects of Long Term Alcohol Abuse Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Effects of Long Term Alcohol Abuse Use of alcohol for an extended period poses a lot of negative impact on the users and especially the black and white women when they grow old (Dumbili 2015, p.167). The effects cannot be reversed since they have been severely expressed and manifested in the body. Firstly, alcohol affects the brain of women who abuse it for an extended period. The brain damage that is caused by alcohol can range from a simple lapse in memory to permanent brain damage which may force the individual to be under the care of a guardian (Ivany, Bullock, Schminkey, Wells, Sharps, & Kools, 2018, p.1710). According to the researches that have been done, the effects cannot be reversed, and it is hard to treat the effects because some of the results have significantly been manifested in the body. Additionally, the long term use of alcohol in women causes liver disease in their later life which mainly affects the organ that is responsible detoxifying alcohol into byproducts that are not harmful in the body and eliminating the produ...