Long Term Effects of Alcohol

Years of drinking alcohol regularly can harm your body in many ways, for example it may cause:

• Stomach and intestine problems
• Weight gain
• Liver damage
• Nerve and muscle damage
• Heart problems
• Cancer of the throat, mouth, liver, esophagus and larynx
• Emotional and psychological problems like sadness, depression, and even hallucinations
• If a pregnant woman drinks too much alcohol, it can seriously hurt her unborn baby and lead to birth defects which is termed as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
• Alcohol poisoning. Drinking a large amount of alcohol at one time can cause coma and death.