THE EFFECTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF ALCOHOL-USE AND ABUSE - A REVIEW

This article discusses some broad-ranging and sobering aspects of alcohol in relation to body; these include a summary on the physiology and biochemistry of alcohol metabolism. The consequences on health, social, financial and professional status are outlined. The impact of the economics of alcohol sale in the UK, and the efforts taken to counteract misuse of alcohol by health eduction groups are also reviewed. Awareness of the amount of alcohol consumed and the resultant blood alcohol concentration is presented; this is then illustrated in a practical exercise as an aid to understanding the alcohol that we all like to drink and enjoy from time to time.