If you’re generally healthy, a little too much alcohol once in a while won’t cause you any long-term harm. If you drink extensively on a regular basis, though, it’s a different story.

For most males, it is more than four drinks each day, or fourteen or fifteen per week. For women, heavy drinking is defined as more than three drinks per day or seven or eight per week.

Alcohol abuse may hurt you physically and emotionally in a variety of ways.

Liver Damage

Alcohol is a poison, and your liver’s function is to remove it from your system. However, if you drink too much too quickly, your liver may not be able to keep up. Alcohol can destroy liver cells and cause cirrhosis, a scarring condition. Long-term excessive drinking can cause alcoholic fatty liver disease, which is a symptom that your liver isn’t working as effectively as it should.

Heart Disease

You may be aware of the risks of blood clots and excessive fat and cholesterol levels in your body. Both of these things are more likely when you drink. Heavy drinkers are also more likely to have problems pumping blood to their hearts and may have a higher risk of dying from heart disease, according to studies.

Brain and Nervous System Problems

The communication routes in the brain are affected by alcohol. It becomes more difficult to think and talk properly, recall things, make judgments, and move your body as a result of this. Heavy drinking can also lead to mental illnesses such as depression and dementia. You might suffer from excruciating nerve damage that lasts long after you sober up.

Anemia

This is when your body doesn’t make enough healthy red blood cells to move oxygen around. That may give you ulcers, inflammation, and other problems. Too much booze may also make you more likely to skip meals, which can short-change your body of iron

Cancer

Heavy alcohol use has been linked to a variety of malignancies. The cells in your mouth, throat, voice box, and esophagus can be damaged by alcohol. It has the potential to cause malignancies of the liver, breast, and intestines. Alcohol can make it easier for cancer-causing substances from cigarettes and other sources to reach your cells.

Seizures

Long-term alcohol abuse may raise your chances for epilepsy. And alcohol withdrawal after heavy drinking can cause seizures.

Gout

The painful accumulation of uric acid in the joints causes this kind of arthritis. Gout is caused by consuming too much purine-rich food, which includes red meat, seafood, and alcohol, particularly beer and liquor.

Infections

Heavy drinking can hamper your immune cells from fighting off viruses and bacteria. It also can harm your liver, which plays an important role in your immune system by making antibacterial proteins.

Digestive Problems

Booze has a caustic effect. It can cause heartburn and nausea by inflaming the stomach lining. Ulcers and chronic inflammation in the stomach, esophagus, and intestines can result as a result of this over time. It can also make vital nutrients like B12 and thiamine more difficult to absorb in your intestines. Alcohol can also create a buildup of digestive enzymes in the pancreas, resulting in pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas). This can reduce the amount of insulin you produce, putting you at risk for diabetes.

Sleep

Drinking a lot of alcohol late at night may cause you to pass out. However, as the sedative effect wears off, it might interrupt or degrade your sleep quality. Too much binge drinking might make it difficult to fall and stay asleep. It can also make it difficult to have a decent night’s sleep by increasing snoring and sleep apnea.

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