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The Effects of Alcohol on Stress
Alcohol and stress are poor mixers,
primarily because while alcohol suppresses some things, stress can
increase the production or action of others, and combined with
alcohol they create undesirable results on the body and brain.
Like stressors of other types, alcohol can produce an excess of
corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), which is a stress hormone.
This can result in an impaired response by the body's immune system
to illness and disease, as well as affecting how well the brain
cells are able to think and respond to information input/requests.
Since stress is already putting pressure on the brain, and reducing
its performance, alcohol increases the confusion and inability to
function properly.
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A report presented by David Suzuki, showed that under stress,
women suffer more anxiety disorders, while men leaned towards
alcoholism, and anti-social behavior, including criminal acts. This
may be directly related to the fact that stress releases
glucocorticoids from the adrenal glands, which in turn can increase
the amount of dopamine that the brain produces in response to
pleasure stimulus, such as how well one feels from the temporary
effects of alcohol. The better it makes someone feel, the more they
drink.
Alcohol depresses the brain and nervous system, and makes people
more prone to mental depression. Added to the already fragile mental
state induced by stress, this can drive some people into severe
depression. |
Even short periods of stress, have been
shown in studies to leave the brain hypersensitive to additional
stressors for weeks after the stress has been alleviated. That means
that the brain of a person under stress is still receptive to the
depressive effects of alcohol, even though their emotional stress
may have been resolved.
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