10 Fantastic Reasons to Stop Drinking Alcohol for Good

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1. Drinking is Expensive

Alcohol is expensive and can set you back hundred or thousands of dollars every year. Even if you avoid expensive drinks at bars and restaurants, you can still end up spending loads of money at a grocery or liquor store.

This money is much better spent on improving or maintaining your health.

2. You Sleep Better Sober

Drinking before bed messes up your sleep. Alcohol prevents you from getting a good night's sleep by disrupting your REM sleep cycles. This results in feelings of sluggishness the next day.

Additionally, alcohol consumption may cause you to get up frequently during the night to urinate which further disrupts your sleep.

3. Alcohol Dehydrates Your Body

Because alcohol is a diuretic, drinking alcohol will increase urine output. This has the possibility to interfere with normal hydration.

Consequences of dehydration include thirst and feeling hungover. 

4. Liver Damage from Alcohol

The liver is the organ that metabolizes alcohol. The liver can only process a certain amount of alcohol, and the rest is circulated in your bloodstream which results in intoxication.

Alcohol-related liver disease can result from alcohol consumption including fatty liver disease, alcoholic hepatitis, and cirrhosis. 

5. Alcohol Consumption Causes Cancer

According to the CDC:

All alcoholic drinks, including red and white wine, beer, and liquor, are linked with cancer.

The following types of cancer are associated with alcohol consumption: mouth and throat, voice box, esophagus, colon and rectum, liver, and breast cancer in women.

6. Alcohol Causes Weight Gain

As a very rough estimate, a serving of alcohol contains 100 calories. But it's not just the calories from the alcohol that causes weight gain. Drinking can also make you feel hungry and have you make make unhealthy food decisions.

7. Impaired Decision-Making

Excessive drinking of alcohol can can result in bad decision-making that puts you and others in danger. This includes drunk driving, unsafe sexual encounters, and possible criminal behavior which can result in injuries, jail time, or even death.

8. Alcohol is a Depressant

Because alcohol is a depressant, it slows your central nervous system. Basically this means messages between your brain and body happen slower. This impairs your movement, coordination, reflexes and speech.

9. Alcohol can be Addictive

Alcohol is an addictive substance. Uncontrolled drinking and preoccupation with alcohol is known as alcoholism or alcohol use disorder. This disorder affects more than 3 million people in the US every year as of the time of this writing.

10. Mental Health and Alcohol Abuse

According to an NIH study:

Alcohol abuse can cause signs and symptoms of depression, anxiety, psychosis, and antisocial behavior, both during intoxication and during withdrawal.

Other studies and anecdotal evidence have also shown the link between these negative effects and low to moderate levels of drinking.

No matter how you look at it, not drinking alcohol is better for your health and finances. There is no better time to stop drinking alcohol than right now

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