Women Should Quit Drinking Alcohol

Fewer women than men drink. However, among the heaviest drinkers, women equal or surpass men in the number of problems that result from their drinking. Women, who abuse alcohol, or even occasionally drink to excess, face greater risks to their health than their male counterparts.
Alcohol increases a woman's risk of developing serious illnesses and an increased risk of heart disease, liver disease, ulcers, reproductive problems, osteoporosis, memory loss, and other illnesses caused by substance and alcohol abuse.
More than 2 million Americans suffer from alcohol-related liver disease. Some drinkers develop alcoholic hepatitis, or inflammation of the liver, as a result of long-term heavy drinking. Its symptoms include fever, jaundice, and abdominal pain. About 10 to 20 percent of heavy drinkers develop alcoholic cirrhosis, or scarring of the liver. Alcoholic cirrhosis can cause death if drinking continues. Alcoholic hepatitis can cause death if drinking continues. These cases are more serious to woman than man.
Research suggests that women who have trouble with their closest relationships tend to drink more than other women. Depression is closely linked to heavy drinking in women, and women who drink at home alone are more likely than others to have later drinking problems.
Heavy drinking is more common among women who have never married, are living unmarried with a partner, or are divorced or separated. One thing is that a woman whose husband drinks heavily is more likely than other women to drink too much.
Young women in their 20's and early 30's are more likely to drink than older women. Heavy drinking and drinking problems among white women are most common in younger age groups. No one factor predicts whether a woman will have problems with alcohol, or at what age she is most at risk. However, there are some aspects of a woman's life experience that seem to make problem drinking more likely.
Older women, more than any other group, use medications that can affect mood and thought. Older women may be especially sensitive to the stigma of being alcoholic, and therefore hesitate to report their drinking, even if they have a problem. Many such "psychoactive" medications, such as those for anxiety and depression, can interact with alcohol in harmful ways.
The most terrible consequence of drunk is the effect to the baby. Some experts believe taking drunk during pregnancy is like playing gambling with your baby's health.
Alcohol can cause a range of birth defects, the most serious being fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS).If you drink, so do your baby. Children born with alcohol-related birth defects can have lifelong learning and behavior problems. Those born with FAS have physical abnormalities, mental impairment, and behavior problems.
Research has shown that a developing fetus has very little tolerance for alcohol and infants born to mothers who drink during pregnancy can have serious problems. For the unborn child, the alcohol interferes with his ability to get enough oxygen and nourishment for normal cell development in the brain and other body organs.
Here are some potential problems of the baby's newborns could be facing as a result: Small head, Small body size and weight, Small jaw, Heart defects or heart murmurs, Facial abnormalities, Thin upper lip, Bent, fused, webbed, or missing fingers or toes, Low-set or poorly formed ears, and do on.
It's very terrible! These effects are not temporary; they can cause a lifetime of physical and emotional pain --not to mention expense. If you are pregnant, don't take a chance with your baby's future; quit drinking immediately.