"HIDDEN EFFECTS
OF WHERE
'ONE DRINK' CAN
LEAD"
By Dr. Hoyt W. Allen, Jr.
Most people are
aware that heavy
drinking of alcohol
can lead to
cirrhosis of the
liver, which leads
to internal bleeding
and liver failure.
However, what most
do not know is that
drinking can lead to
harming every
function and organ
of the human body,
including:
1) THE BRAIN - CAT
scans have shown
that excessive.
prolonged drinking
can cause the brain
to shrivel. In time,
brain damage, memory
loss, sleep
disorders, anxiety
and depression can
result.
2) THE HEART -
Excessive drinking
can damage the heart
upscale and increase
the risk of heart
attack. Plus, heavy
drinkers are more
likely to have high
blood pressure than
non-drinkers.
3) THE STOMACH -
Alcohol can severely
irritate the stomach
and cause bleeding.
Other
gastrointestinal
problems: Excess
alcohol can cause
pancreatic disorders
and slow the small
intestine’s ability
to digest nutrients,
vitamins and
minerals.
4) AND THAT’S NOT
ALL - Drinking can
also increase risk
of deadly injury,
anemia, cancer,
stroke,
osteoporosis, birth
defects and problems
with reproductive
organs.
Source: “TopHealth”,
December 1997
(Huntington Dispatch
7-3-98 Page 3-A)
I Thessalonians 5:22
"Avoid every
appearance (all
kind) of evil.".
Booze has always had
a connection with
evil (wrong doing).
Romans 14:13b
"...make up your
mind not to put any
stumbling block, or
obstacle in your
brother's way." (see
also I Corthinians
8:9; I John 2:10).
The conscientious
Christian will work
energetically in
attempting not be a
stumbling block to
others, even if one
can stop at one
drink, and not
everyone can do
that. No one who
ever took the first
drink believed that
it would result in
him/her becoming an
alcoholic. Besides
booze filling one's
mind with impure and
sinful thoughts and
making a fool out of
one's self - when
purchasing booze
even to drink in
private, someone is
going to see one
doing so and use
this as a stumbling
block to keep them
away from church and
the Lord. Even the
doctor who
prescribes a beer to
flush one's kidneys
or a glass of wine
periodically
seemingly is unaware
of alcohol's
addiction. There is
always another
medication other
than booze. It is
too dangerous to
take the chance even
with one drink.
Playing with fire
will sooner or later
burn one.
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