| There are social and mental effects associated with | | | | individual prone to diseases. |
| the use of alcohol. Some of these effects include but | | | | 5. Marital breakdown: Marital problems such as assault, |
| are not limited to the under-listed: | | | | wife battery, child abuse, etc are majority of times |
| Social effects | | | | due to effect of alcohol. The end product of such |
| Social effects are connected with the way the | | | | conflicts is divorce, child neglect and wife neglect. |
| individual's interactions with the society are affected. | | | | Mental effects |
| 1. Body odour: Alcohol odour can be disgusting; those | | | | Some of the mental effects of alcohol use include: |
| who depend on alcohol reek of its smell and so may | | | | 1. Memory defect: The person suffers from memory |
| find it difficult to socialize with friends and they are | | | | defect and would most times confabulate (produce |
| likely to be avoided. | | | | fictitious memories, and relate experiences that are |
| 2. Absenteeism from work: Alcoholism is associated | | | | untrue to fill the gaps in memory loss). This gets |
| with absenteeism from job or normal duties, as it | | | | worse with time if he does not stop alcohol. He may |
| makes the individual think less of his/her social | | | | also suffer from nightmares. |
| responsibilities. Alcoholics lose their jobs often | | | | 2. Apprehension: He can become unconditionally |
| because of habitual lateness to work or complete | | | | fearful and restless. |
| absence from duty posts from time to time. | | | | 3. Impulsiveness: The person becomes impulsive and |
| 3. Crime: Crime is most times associated with alcohol. | | | | acts rashly even when there is no need to do so. He |
| Crimes such as Rape, automobile accidents, murder, | | | | may also have incoherence of speech which people |
| traffic offences, theft, etc are most times | | | | find difficult to understand. |
| committed under the influence of alcohol, because of | | | | 4. Hallucination: This is a false perception in which he |
| its ability to make one lose self-control. | | | | believes he sees, hears, smells, tastes, or feels an |
| 4. Poor hygiene: Alcoholism also results in neglect of | | | | object or person whereas in actual sense there is no |
| personal hygiene - poor dental care, leaving hair | | | | evidence to justify his claims. The person may also |
| unkempt, dirty clothes, etc thereby making the | | | | feel some crawling sensations over the skin. |