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2. What Does Being Sober Mean? The Details on Alcohol-Free Living

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   Health benefits of sobriety. Drinking too much alcohol over time can lead to a variety of chronic health issues, including certain cancers, heart disease, high blood pressure, liver disease, and ...

3. 5 common alcohol myths debunked: Experts unpack the truth ...

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   5 common alcohol myths debunked: Experts unpack the truth about nightcaps, hangover cures, red wine and more ... — meaning up to one drink a day for women or up to two drinks a day for men ...

4. Short-term effects of alcohol consumption - Wikipedia

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   Under conditions of moderate alcohol consumption where blood alcohol levels average 0.06–0.08 percent and decrease 0.01–0.02 percent per hour, an alcohol clearance rate of 4–5 hours would coincide with disruptions in sleep maintenance in the second half of an 8-hour sleep episode.

5. Alcohol withdrawal syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Symptoms can include a craving for alcohol, inability to feel pleasure from normally pleasurable things (known as anhedonia), clouding of sensorium, disorientation, nausea and vomiting or headache. [17] Insomnia is a common protracted withdrawal symptom that persists after the acute withdrawal phase of alcohol.

6. Effects of alcohol on memory - Wikipedia

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   Alcohol acts as a general central nervous system depressant, but it also affects some specific areas of the brain to a greater extent than others. Memory impairment caused by alcohol has been linked to the disruption of hippocampal function—particularly affecting gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) neurotransmission which negatively impacts long-term potentiation ...

7. Alcohol and health - Wikipedia

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   Alcohol (also known as ethanol) has a number of effects on health. Short-term effects of alcohol consumption include intoxication and dehydration. Long-term effects of alcohol include changes in the metabolism of the liver and brain, several types of cancer and alcohol use disorder. [ 1 ] Alcohol intoxication affects the brain, causing slurred ...