Experts explain why excessive alcohol consumption can lead to feelings of anxiety and regret.
Many people will be feeling a little tender today after the impact of last night's festivities take hold. From hangovers to 'beer fear', it’s the time of year that has people waking up the next morning vowing to never drink again. Feelings of anxiety due to excessive alcohol consumption isn’t a new phenomenon. But the nickname ‘hangxiety’ has recently made its way into the Urban dictionary to explain feelings of boozy regrets.
For those who suffer with 'the fear', it will be refreshing to know that there is an actual scientific reason behind this, according to experts. Alcohol is a depressant rather than a stimulant drug, which explains the effects on the body. Liz Burns, a lecturer of Mental Health Nursing at Salford University with a specialism in alcohol services, explained that these effects on the body are due to alcohol being a depressant rather than a stimulant drug. She chairs Communities in Charge of Alcohol (CICA), a research project based in Greater Manchester which aims to reduce alcohol harm within the community. So what does alcohol do to our body? Liz, 42, said: 'Our inhibitions are turned off which is makes us feel relaxed and confident. 'Because alcohol is a depressant, our motor coordination becomes slower, which is why we may become clumsy. 'As brain processes slow down, your memory can become impaired.' Liz went on to explain the liver's role in breaking down and metabolising alcohol. She said: 'It can break down one unit per hour, so if you're drinking above this, your blood alcohol level increases. 'A glass of wine for example has 3.5 units, when blood alcohol levels increase with the more we drink, the more 'switching off effect' we experience. 'The more we drink, the faster our liver has to work to break down the alcohol and when it exceeds this rate, that is when we become intoxicated. 'But drinking so much in a single episode can be very dangerou
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