AO1: Knowledge, understanding and skills
The NHS definition of binge drinking is drinking heavily in a short space of time to get drunk or feel the effects of alcohol. (www.drinkaware.co.uk)
The popular health promotion campaign in Northern Ireland says ‘You don’t have to be drink to be doing real damage’
The government advises that people should not regularly drink more than the daily unit guidelines of 3-4 units of alcohol for men and 2-3 units of alcohol for women.(www.drinkaware.co.uk)
Alcohol misuse accounts for more than 20,000 premature deaths in the uk per year, this includes cancer, liver disease and accidental injury. (www.patient.co.uk).
Drinking too much alcohol can have Physical, intellectual, emotional and social effects. In short term and long term.
Physically short term effects alcohol can have on the body are slurred speech, Breathing difficulties, impaired judgment, Anaemia, Headaches, lack of balance, Unconsciousness and blackouts, I have a personal experience from a boy my age who had drank too much alcohol and collapsed on the street, the police and ambulance had to come to help him.
The long term effect that alcohol could have are, Alcohol poisoning, High blood pressure, Stroke, CHD is the UK's biggest killer, around one in five men and one in seven women die from the disease, CHD causes around 94,000 deaths in the UK each year (www.nhs.uk), can also lead to unplanned pregnancies or sexually transmitted diseases, When having intercourse some ones may forget to wear a condom which leads to pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. “3.1 percent of heavy drinkers aged 18 to 25 had an STD, compared with 1.4 percent of young adults who did not drink.” (National Survey on Drug Use and Health 2005)
It also causes a variety of different cancers such as Mouth cancer this type of cancer is more common in men than women due to the fact that men drink more alcohol than women do. Other cancers are Throat, Voice box, Liver...