CDC: Effects of Chronic Alcohol Use

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists the effects that alcohol use can have over time:

• Neurological problems, including dementia, stroke and neuropathy
• Cardiovascular problems, including myocardial infarction, cardiomyopathy, atrial fibrillation and hypertension
• Psychiatric problems, including depression, anxiety and suicide
• Social problems, including unemployment, lost productivity, and family issues
• Multiple emergency room and physician office visits
• Cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, liver, colon, and breast.  The risk of cancer increases with increasing amounts of alcohol
• Liver disease, including alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis (among the 15 leading causes of all deaths in the United States).
• Gastrointestinal problems such as pancreatitis and gastritis.

The Centers offers information for seeking treatment.

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