Health effects of alcohol in the body

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Drinking too much on a single occasion or over time can take a serious toll on your health.  Outlined below is how alcohol can affect your body:

1. The Brain
Alcohol interferes with the brain’s communication pathways, and can affect the way the brain looks and works. These disruptions can change mood and behavior, and make it harder to think clearly and move with coordination.

2.  The Heart
Drinking a lot over a long time or too much on a single occasion can damage the heart, causing problems including:


  • Cardiomyopathy – Stretching and drooping of heart muscle.
  • Arrhythmias – Irregular heart beat.
  • Stroke
  • High blood pressure

Research also shows that drinking moderate amounts of alcohol may protect healthy adults from developing coronary heart disease.

3.  Liver
Heavy drinking takes a toll on the liver, and can lead to a variety of problems and liver inflammations including:

  • Steatosis, or fatty liver
  • Alcoholic hepatitis
  • Fibrosis
  • Cirrhosis


4.  Pancreas
Alcohol causes the pancreas to produce toxic substances that can eventually lead to pancreatitis, a dangerous inflammation and swelling of the blood vessels in the pancreas that prevents proper digestion.

5.  Cancer
Drinking too much alcohol can increase the risk of developing certain types of cancer like;

  • Mouth
  • Esophagus
  • Throat
  • Liver
  • Breast


6.  The Immune System
Drinking too much can weaken your immune system, making your body a much easier target for disease.  Chronic drinkers are more liable to contract diseases like pneumonia and tuberculosis than people who do not drink too much.  Drinking a lot on a single occasion slows your body’s ability to ward off infections – even up to 24 hours after getting drunk.

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