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Alcoholism
It may not be readily noticed but alcoholism is a worldwide problem. The term alcoholism is applied to a behavioral disorder characterized by an excessive use of alcohol to interfere with the physical and mental state to the human body (Holmes 36). Alcohol in the body has some dangerous effects. The short terms effects are the parts of the body that is directly affected right after you drink the alcohol. The long term effects play a role in a continuous drinking problem and the organs it affects could be life threatening. All in all, the affects on the body, the short term effects, and the long term effects are what make alcoholism so dangerous.
Alcohol moves through the body and is absorbed by the stomach. The rate of absorption depends on the food, especially fatty foods, in the stomach. After the alcohol is absorbed it is broken down by the liver. Before the alcohol reaches the liver most of the time about one-tenth of the alcohol is released out of the......

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