Alcohol abuse and complications

Pages: 314-317
Dalbir Singh Saini (District Social Welfare Officer, Hisar)
Sangeeta Saini (Lecturer in Biology, Govt. Sr. Sec. School, Gangwa, Hisar, Haryana)

The alcoholism brings terrible consequences to the addict. Beside the known damages for the health, from cirrhosis to liver cancer, the alcohol is also harmful to spiritual and social health. The most dangerous is that the alcohol has been always considered as something sociable, always present in meetings, events, parties, and celebrations and even within our homes, without distinction of social class. The present paper reviews alcohol abuse, and its complications in the present scenario.