I need to know what would be the negative effect of someone being on antibuse and continues to drink?
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PUKING ,NAUSEA,AND SEVERE HEADACHES
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About 20 percent of alcohol is absorbed through stomach, and most of the rest is absorbed through the small intestine. Alcohol molecules are carried through the bloodstream and come into contact with the cells of virtually all the organs. When someone drinks on an empty stomach, the blood absorbs the alcohol rapidly. The body also absorbs higher concentrations of alcohol, such as mixed drinks or shots, very quickly.\n\nAfter drinking, people usually feel pleasure and become talkative at first. The feelings are usually replaced by drowsiness as the alcohol is eliminated from body, and the drinker may become withdrawn. This pattern often encourages people to drink more to keep the buzz going. \nImmediate medical attention is necessary if a person becomes unconscious, is impossible to arouse or seems to have trouble breathing. \nDrinking a high concentration of alcohol in a short period of time can suppress the centers of the brain that control breathing and cause a person to pass out or even die. \nWhen people pass out, their bodies continue to absorb alcohol. The amount of alcohol in the blood can reach dangerous levels, and they can die in their sleep. Continue to check on someone who has gone to sleep drunk. Do not leave that person alone. \nIt is dangerous to combine alcohol with other drugs, especially those that make you sleepy \nMost alcohol is metabolized in the liver and then excreted. When someone drinks more alcohol than their liver can handle efficiently, the additional alcohol accumulates in the blood and body tissues:-)
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if you drink....DON'T DRIVE. \n\nsimple as that.
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First and foremost it's important to remember that alcohol is toxic to humans. You should always respect that.\n\nHaving said that, breathing is usually only affected after unconsciousness occurs, but one sign of alcohol poisoning is slow breathing (about 8 times per minute or less!). Difficulty catching ones breath may be a sign that the alcohol is inducing another reaction, possibly asthma. It's probably a good idea to have your friend see a physician. It's likely that the breathing was caused by some other condition. Heat stroke is one condition that coupled with alcohol could cause breathing problems. Some people are prone to an allergic reaction at certain blood alcohol concentrations though I don't believe breathing is affected.\n\nEffects at Various Blood Alcohol Concentrations:\n\n> .04 feel relaxed\n> .05 chances of a motor vehicle accident are twice as likely as when sober\n> .06 judgment is somewhat impaired; rational decision-making is affected\n> .08 muscle coordination and driving skills are impaired\n> .10 judgment, motor control, and reaction time continue to deteriorate; chances of a motor vehicle accident are eight times as likely as when sober\n> .15 chances of a motor vehicle accident are 25 times as likely as when sober\n> .30 loss of consciousness may occur\n> .45 breathing stops and death results
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There could be a whole lot of things here. The shaking and diarrhea are especially troubling. If this happens a lot, you could have some liver damage. Go to the doctor and get some blood tests, etc.. Get a check up and talk to him about your ailments. If you are drinking too much, at least admit it to yourself, and get some help - that is 99% of the battle. Sounds to me like you have a good friend here, so don't blow one of your few "second" chances here by not listening. A true friend helps even when it isn't pleasant to do so, so count her a good friend and let her help you out of these problems. You have to be the one to Respond to treatment and Accept the help, and then DO something. You are not acting normally, so get with the recovery already.
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Most things are good, in moderation. Anything in excess could kill you (even water). There's nothing wrong with having a glass of wine every now and then, as David pointed out. It's making a habit of it, or depending on the wine to ease your spirits, that causes problems. Don't get drunk, and you're okay.
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If you drink heavily, that'll do it.\nIf you don't drink at all... don't!
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Depending on the alcohol tolerance level of the person, it would slow down reflexes dramatically.
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Unfortunately, it is a difficult matter to help somebody stop doing something they want to do. Your advice and support are pretty much all you can give. Coming from a long line of over indulgers in alcohol I can relate to the tragedy you endure. A positive spin on his lifestyle is all you can really expect to provide. The decision to stop drinking must be his unless he is a minor. The only effective treatment aside from 'quitting cold turkey'  is professional intervention. This is predicated on the notion that one wishes to become sober. Without that, all is lost.
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You are deffinatley showing signs of having and or developing a serious problem. I think you should go and talk to someone (a councellor, not a friend or anything cos they can be quick to condem). I went through something similar and found talking through my problems really good. You shouldnt drink to get drunk - thats simply binge drinking. Have you thought about why you want to be drunk? Is it to feel good, to block out pain, etc? Also, its troubling to think that you hide your behavour. I know that its hard to talk about it, but it is deffinatley worth it. Its amazing how good i felt after the first session, just to spill everything out to someone who was totally unbiased, knowing that its totally confidential and whoever your talking to isnt going to think your a nutcase is fantastic!!! I hope everything works out for you, and again, please go and talk to someone. Something that really woke me up was when i was told that you can actually die just from drinking too much - because its a depressant, it can actually relax your system so much that you stop breathing and just die in your sleep. Imagine your parents/siblings/friends/etc walking in to wake you up and not being able to - that thought freaked me out. So yeah, again, hope it all goes well, i would give you my email address if you wanted to talk but i dont really want to post it here! Take care
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From: http://alcoholism.about.com/library/blnaa57.htm?iam=metaresults&terms=hiv\n\n\nAlcohol and the Immune System \n\nAlcohol can impair normal immune responses that protect the body from disease (6,7,8). Chronic alcohol consumption has been shown to reduce the number of infection-fighting white blood cells in laboratory animals (9,10,11) and in humans (12,13). Chronic alcohol ingestion or alcohol dependence can depress antibody production and other immune responses in animals (10,9) and in humans (14,15). Alcohol can suppress activities of certain immune system cells, called macrophages, that help keep the lungs free from infection (16,17). In addition, alcoholics appear to be more susceptible to bacterial infections and cancer than are nonalcoholics (18,19). Studies in animals and in humans indicate that consuming alcohol during pregnancy can decrease immune resistance in the offspring (20,21,22). \n\nAlcohol's generally immunosuppressive effects could mean that 1) drinking may increase vulnerability to HIV infection among people exposed to the virus, and that 2) among people who are already HIV infected, alcohol-induced immunosuppression might add to HIV-induced immunosuppression, and speed the onset or exacerbate the pathology of AIDS-related illness. These are complex ideas and areas of intense investigation, but so far only a few studies have been published. Researchers have learned that alcohol can impair white blood cell responses to HIV (23). A provocative study that warrants replication found that a single drinking episode depressed certain immune responses of white blood cells taken from healthy volunteers (24). In addition, white blood cells isolated after this drinking episode were more susceptible to HIV infection than were cells isolated from subjects who did not drink, hinting that even occasional alcohol consumption may increase the likelihood of infection upon exposure to HIV. Whether alcohol use influences the progression of AIDS in persons already infected with HIV has bee n explored in a recent study of homosexual men (25). While these researchers found that neither alcohol nor other drugs seem to influence the progression of HIV infection or the development of AIDS, their results await confirmation. Clearly, more research is needed to understand alcohol's role in HIV infection and the course of ensuing disease. \n\nAlso see this site:\n\nhttp://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa57.htm
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No effect.  Alcohol is not polar, and is not affected by varying the pH of urine.  It is only removed in the urine to a very small extent anyway.
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NOoooooo, don't do it you will drink to much and get a headache.
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It kills brain cells but you should have more than enough extra ones that it doesnt seem to concern too many people.  When your body metabolizes the alcohol, it turns it into liver fat and over a long period of time can decrease your body's ability to filter your blood through the liver.  It also dehydrates you and this is bad if you are an athlete.  In moderation, your body can deal with most of the bad stuff.
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If you drink antifreeze you will die
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Heavy drinkers can have harmful reactions if they stop cold turkey, which is why there are detox centers that will provide medical supervision and medication to alleviate tremors and other side effects.  These side effects are not just psychological; they are physical.  The benefit of stopping drinking far outweighs these issues, but there needs to be medical supervision.  It is not simply an issue of them being in a bad mood because they don't have booze.\n\nAlcohol addiction is not simply something that someone overcomes; it is a life threatening illness that remains throughout the rest of a person's life.  The alcoholic can learn to live with the disease and remain sober.  There is not a cure but there is treatment.\n\nFolks, please be cautious when tossing out advice that can jeapordize someone's life!
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It's very stupid to binge drink!! Not only are you destroying brain cells you are putting your health in grave danger.Possibly your future to if you get caught.