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What Are The Side Effects Of Alcohol Addiction?

Hi i'm here regarding my brohter who is a chronic alcoholic. he has been drinking for the past four or five years now and does so every day. mostly in the mornings around 11 or 12. and drinks each time he manages to get some cash. what do I do about this. it is really wrecking my life trying to keep track of him everyday. The doctors we consulted said he is depressed. nothing seems to help.
Mon, 6 Jul 2015
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Ok.. first, several signs that there is a drinking problem: relationship issues, seeking help and not quitting, having alcohol in the morning (sign of dependency), wrecking finances.
Those are the first side effects of alcohol addiction. Then, there are organ damage problems...fluid retention, puffy skin all over, yellowing of eyes, easy bruising (liver problems). Irritability and change in thinking up to seizures (brain problems), inability to have normal feeling in the ends of fingers up to eyes rolling back in head (nerve problems). There are many, many others.
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What Are The Side Effects Of Alcohol Addiction?

Ok.. first, several signs that there is a drinking problem: relationship issues, seeking help and not quitting, having alcohol in the morning (sign of dependency), wrecking finances. Those are the first side effects of alcohol addiction. Then, there are organ damage problems...fluid retention, puffy skin all over, yellowing of eyes, easy bruising (liver problems). Irritability and change in thinking up to seizures (brain problems), inability to have normal feeling in the ends of fingers up to eyes rolling back in head (nerve problems). There are many, many others.