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Alchol Abuse

2009-12-08T12:36:00.000-08:00

Hello. Today's article will be on alchol abuse. Alchol abuse is a very serious problem in the world today. Many people are trying to find a way to escape their pains and worries, and alchol is an easy option. This does not make it right, though. As I've discussed before, alchol abuse can lead to many significant consequences. These can include short term memory loss, long term memory loss, liver failure, and many other problems. Don't get me wrong--I believe alchol, if used sparingly, can be good for social occasions. However, many people take it one step further and consume gallons of alchol a year. This is a problem. Besides the many side effects such as liver failure, alchol impairs judgement. Judgement is crucial for us as humans. If not for our sense of judgement, the world would be a horrible place. In fact, we'd probably all be dead by now. A strong sense of judgement has saved the world many times, so taking anything that would inhibit this sense is dangerous.

So what's the big deal? People just want to escape reality, so they take alchol. This is the mindset of many alcholics. The problem is, that everything must be taken in moderation. People who consume alchol for this reason usually go far overboard. They consume much more than needed, and do it consistently. This is the process by which a casual alchol drinker turns into an alcholic. Even more dangerous, is that alchol impairs judgement. These alcholics may do such things as drink and drive, and are putting their lives and others in serious danger.

Sadly, even though alchol can help one escape reality for a short time, it's no long-term solution. As soon as the effect wears off, the feelings of depression return in full force, until the next drink. This starts the vicious cycle of almost 24 hour drinking. Even if the alchol abuser doesn't drink and drive, or do other harmful activities for others, they are destroying themselves. Because of liver failure and other long-term effects of alchol, most alcholics shorten their live spans by several years.

For people suffering from these types of problems, alchol is NOT the answer. Alchol is a temporary release from suffering, but not a solution. The solution is to look in yourself and let what's bothering you go. It's that simple. Human nature is to complicate everything, but it is that simple. Turn away from the bottle and into yourself, and you'll find where the true problem lies. Alchol is a dead end road, and there are many better ways to get your life back on track without the use of alchol.

Types of Alchol - Wine

2009-11-17T08:53:00.000-08:00

Hello. Today I will be continuing my types of alchol series. So far I have covered beer and ale. Today's article is going to talk about various aspects of Wine. Wine, as far as alchol goes, is an extremely popular beverage. The use of wine has been dated back to around 6000 BC. Wine is a very important drink, and is used for both social and religious purposes. The word wine can be translated from latin to "grape vine."

There is a huge variety on the types of wine you can get. You can make wine from virtually any type of grape, apples, berries, barley, rice, and ginger. All of these wines have their own names, flavors, and tastes. By far though, the most popular is grape wine.

Wine is created through the process of fermentation. Since grapes have such a high amount of sugar in them, there is no need to add other sources of sugars. Yeast converts the sugars into alchol, and the result is wine. Different strains of yeast are used depending on the type of wine and flavor. Wine is usually made from different strains of a grape species called Vitis Vinifera. Some wines are also made from hybrid grapes, or grapes that have been genetically altered with other types of grapes. As most beer is created in breweries, most wine is made in vineyards, where the grapes are grown.

If you go looking for different types of wine, you might run into a vintage wine. Vintage wines are made from grapes that were all harvested the same year. Vintage wines for each year generally have the same taste. This is because they all came from the same grape.

After the wine is finished and ready for consumption, it usually goes through a tasting process. Wine tasting is all about judging the taste and color on a variety of factors. The first step in the tasting process is judging the color. Based on where the grapes come from, the color changes. Next, a wine taster will taste the wine. Tasters try to pick out individual ingredients and flavors, no matter how subtle. Lastly, the aroma is judged. Wine aroma is created by the release of compounds in the wine. To vaporize these compounds, all that needs to be done is to swirl the glass. Also, serving wine at room temperature is also helpful.

Lastly, wine is often collected. Some wines, depending on age and what vineyard they come from, can go for thousands of dollars. However, when you hear most people talk about fine wines, it's between the price range of $30-50. Many people devote whole cellars for the collection of wines. This allows the wine to age in the perfect conditions, so that when it's time to be consumed, it tastes perfect.

That's it for today's article. I hope you learned something about wine you didn't know before. Thanks for reading about alchol!

Delicious Alchol Slush Recipes

2009-11-09T17:17:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone. I know I said I was starting a series on types of alchol, but today, I'm going to take a break. I'm going to write about something I've been wanting to write about for quite a while. Basically, I'm going to be writing on a couple different flavored alchohol drinks. First, I'll be talking about some of my favorite delicious alchol slush recipes. After that, I'll talk about alchol punch. Finally, I'll wrap up the article with alchol flavoring pouches and sugary alcholic drinks.

First off, let me explain what an alchol slush is. It's basically a mixed alcholic drink, with a slurpee feel to it. It's delicious. As you can probably imagine, it's perfect for a hot summer day. It's also an excellent party drink. So there are a couple of flavors that go really well with alchol slush. Lemon, Cranberry, Lime, Strawberry, etc. All the basic "summer fruits" taste amazing mixed with some flavored vodka or rum. If you'd like to experiment, it's very easy to make up your own recipes. Try mixing them, or trying different base drinks. The base drink is whatever alchol drink you choose. I'll show you the basic recipe for a Pina Colada alchol slush.

1 Bottle of Pina Colada Mix

1 Can of Pineapple Juice

1/2 fifth of Captain Morgan's Parrot Bay Coconut Rum

Ice Cream - Sorbet's are great with this, and even vanilla ice cream can go well

Freeze overnight. When you're ready to serve, mix it with some Sprite or Squirt.

This is an awesome party drink. I always have some of this in a punch bowl, and it goes quick. If you've never heard of it before, Parrot Bay Rum is perfect for delicious alchol slush recipes. They have quite a few flavors, and it's only 21% alchol, so you can drink lots of it and not get drunk. I'll give you one more slush recipe. It's the perfect summer hummer alchol drink.

Summer Hummer Alchol Drink

4 Cups of Water

1 Can of Lemonade

1 Can of Limeade

1 Cup of Vodka, Gin, or whatever you like

Freeze overnight. Serve with a spoon.

If you're in a rush and need a delicious alchol slush recipe right away, you don't have to wait overnight. You can add all the ingredients together but the juice. If you buy canned juice, you can take it straight from the freezer and add it in. Once you mix it all together, it has the same texture as a regular slush, but it hardly takes any time. The one downside is that the flavors don't have as much time to mix so it won't taste as good.

Alchohol Punch is another perfect party drink. This can be used in an indoor party. It's not as cold as an alchol slush, so it works for winter occasions. Once again, alchol punch is extremely simple to make. You can easily make your own by just substituting ingredients. I'll give you a simple alchol punch recipe.

Sour Punch

1 Can Orange Juice

1 Can Lemonade

4 quarts of Ginger Ale

1 Fifth of Bourbon

Combine into a large punch bowl with ice. Add maraschino cherries to garnish.

As you can see, alchol punch is super easy to make. You can whip it up within ten minutes easy. It's a great crowd pleaser, and everyone will love it.

Finally, I'd like to talk about a drink 'modifier.' Many of these drinks can taste better with an alchol flavoring pouch. What is this? It's basically just a powdered lemonade, or even gatorade. Don't use it as a main ingredient, but add a bit like you were adding sugar. Alchol mixed drinks are great for social gatherings.

Thanks for reading my post on delicious alchol slush recipes. I've been wanting to share some of these easy recipes for a while, and I'm glad I finally did. Next post should continue the types of alchohol series. Thanks!

Types of Alchol - Ale

2009-11-04T17:14:00.000-08:00

Welcome back! Today I'm going to be continuing the series I started earlier this week. Last time, I talked about beer. Today, I'm going to write about another alcholic beverage in the beer family. Today's alchol beverage is Ale.

Ale, like Beer, is brewed from malted barley, yeast, and hops. The difference is that the yeast used is different. The yeast is called top-fermenting yeast, and it converts starches to sugars at a much quicker rate. This gives the ale a sweet, almost fruity taste. Hops are added to give the Ale a more bitter taste. This evens out the sweet taste, and the combination is perfect. Most Ale's take about three weeks to go through the brewing/fermenting process. Ale takes less time to brew, and is sweeter than beer or other lagers.

The earliest record of Ale is from the 15th century. Ale was an important beverage in medieval times, complimenting the basic peasant diet. Now, in this century, ale is classified by the type of yeast, and the temperature of fermentation. Ale is usually fermented between 60-75 degrees F (14-24 C). This is the temperature where yeast releases aromas and flavors that give ale the fruity taste.

There are several different types of ale. These include Pale Ale, Brown Ale, Porter, Red Ale. Scotch, Mild, and Old. The difference between all of these is mainly the ingredients, and sometimes the percentage of alchol. For a pale ale, a lighter barley will be used, to give the ale a lighter color and taste. Red Ale uses roasted barley, giving it a particular red hue. Brown ales use regular barley, they have a lower amount of hops, and tend to have a mild flavor. Scotch is a stronger type of Ale. It can also be slightly caramelized to give it added flavor. Old Ale is, as the name implies, Ale that has been in storage for longer than a year. This gives it a much stronger flavor. Lastly, Mild ale is the opposite of Old. It's often drank as soon as possible after the brewing process. It also contains less alchol. There are a few other varieties of Ale, but they are less common, so I won't be addressing them.

In conclusion, Ale, as an alcholic beverage, is a lot like Beer, but has a sweeter, fruitier flavor. This is due to type of yeast used and the temperature. There are many different types of Ale, and everyone has a different preference. I hope you learned a lot from this article, and will continue reading. There are still plenty of beverages containing alchol that I haven't covered yet, so stay tuned!

Types of Alchol - Beer

2009-11-01T11:22:00.001-08:00

Hey everyone. Today I'm going to be starting a new series. It's going to be about the different types of beverages that contain alchol. Starting with common drinks such as beer, and then moving to more hard liquors. I think this will be interesting to research, and hopefully interesting to read. Today I'm going to be talking about Beer.

Beer is the oldest and most common alcholic beverage. It's also the third most popular drink, both alcholic and non alcholic, in the world. There are recent archeological findings that suggest that beer may have been brewed as early as 9000 BC. Beer was also mentioned in the Code of Hammurabi, and egyptians even had a God of beer.

The ingredients of beer are pretty simple. Mainly, beer consists of malted barley, hops, yeast, and water. Sometimes barley is replaced with corn, or rice, but barley is the most popular. Beer mainly consists of water, with the other ingredients combining to make the hoppy, alcholic flavor that beer is known for.

Beer is made using the process of fermentation. This process occurs in places called breweries. The process of brewing involves combining grains or barleys with hops. This is turned into a sugary liquid, which is then fermented. After the fermentation process, beer is created. The sugary liquid is created by mixing malted barley and hot water. This process is known as mashing. This is where the starches are turned into sugars. The end product is a sugary liquid called Wort. The wort is then put into a large kettle where it is boiled, usually for an hour. It is boiled so that all the water will evaporate, leaving the sugary substance behind. The wort is cooled, and combined with yeast. This is where the wort becomes beer. The fermentation process takes anywhere from one week to one month, depending on the type of beer. The beer is then bottled, and is ready for consumption.

The alchol percentage of beer is usually around three percent. There are also light versions of certain beers that have lower alchol percentage or less calories. Many people use beer at social events, and parties. It's not often used if you want to get completely drunk, but after a few beers, you'll feel a buzz.

This concludes my first post on types of alchol. I hope you enjoyed it. I'll probably talk about other alcholic variations in the beer family next. There are so many different alcholic beverages that it would be foolish to try and cover them all. However, my goal is to cover all the major and well known ones. Thanks for reading, and I hope you'll check back often!

Alchol Fermentation

2009-10-29T16:25:00.000-07:00

Hey guys. Today I'm going to be talking about the process of making alchol, or fermentation. Fermentation is how beer turns from hops and barley to alchohol, and also how most alcholic drinks are made. Many people wonder how exactly the process works, and if that was you, I'll hopefully explain it to you.

So what is fermentation? Fermentation is basically explained as using yeast to break down sugars and turn them into alchol. This process is also used when food rots in nature. Now, instead of letting nature handle making alchoholic beverages, humans have developed a more controlled system. This process is usually handled in a brewery, where yeast breaks away at substances until they are perfect for an alcholic drink. This process is handled differently for different types of beverages.

For lagers and beer, barley and hops are used with yeast, which breaks down the ingredients. When yeast gets together with barley and hops, it finds the sugars inside of them and breaks them down. Also, for the different types of drinks in these categories, such as ale, the process is slightly different. For beer, the yeast is allowed to sink to the bottom. There, it breaks down the sugars creating beer. In ales, the process is opposite. The yeast floats to the top and starts breaking down sugars.

Wine is also made from fermentation. Wine is made from crushed grapes that are then fermented. Grapes have tons of sugar in them, so it is a perfect environment for the yeast to do its job. Using a different grape changes the taste and color of the wine. Also, age plays more of a factor in wine than beers or lagers.

If you prefer a stronger drink, you should know that it's much more difficult to make these than wines or beers. This is because the amount of alchol in a stronger drink is too much for the yeast to have any effect on. The process starts out much the same, with the yeasts breaking down whatever the primary ingredient is. However, the end result is much too watered down to be consumed. This is where distilling comes into play. Distilling is heating the alchol mixture to a boiling point. The alchohol then turns to a vapor, which is collected, cooled, and bottled. This is why these drinks taste MUCH more alcholic than beer or wine.

This is just a basic overview of fermentation. There are hundreds of different methods, and thousands of different beverages. The process is, at its heart, the same. Yeast is used to break down sugars in the primary ingredient, which, over time, converts it to an alcholic drink. I hope you enjoyed this article on the fermentation of alchol!

Teens and Alchol

2009-10-21T14:56:00.000-07:00

Hey, and welcome back. Today I'm going to be writing about teens and alchol. In the United States of America, the legal age for alchol consumption is 21. However, about 80% of high school students have tried alchol. This is not good. The age restriction is there for a reason. Alchohol effects the brain and nervous system, and often, these system's are still developing before the age of 21. There is still a lot of research to be done on alchol attribution in young deaths, but one things for sure, alchol kills.

First of all, what is alchol? Alchol is created by fermentation. This can be from grains, barley, or other natural products. So if alchohol is natural, why shouldn't teens be drinking it? Well, first off, teen's brains are still developing. Second, alchol is a depressant. It blocks certain nerve signals from entering the brain. These signals can include motor skills, hearing, sight, etc. Because of this, normally safe behaviors can turn dangerous. A good example of this is driving. Some teens don't quite understand the risks of drunk driving, and are more likely to attempt it than adults.

Since high schoolers that try alchohol are usually completely new to it, they may not know exactly how much they should drink. They could be at a party and consume too much for their weight, resulting in alchohol poisoning. Alchol poisoning causes extreme vomiting, intense sleepiness, seizures, low blood-sugar, and even death.

So why do teens drink alchol? There are several reasons. Possibly the most common is curiosity. Teens see parents drinking, or fellow peers, and they want to try it. The media is flooded with alchol advertisements and teens watch these from an early age. It's only natural that after all this advertising, teens feel curious towards alchol. Another reason is peer pressure. Many teen's friends will end up trying alchol in high school. These friend's will try and pressure the teen into trying alchohol. Because the teen wants to fit in, odds are, they will try it.

Another good reasons for teens to abstain from alchol, is it has unpleasant consequences. Underage drinking carries stiff punishments, and alchol abuse can hamper success in school. Also, many teens do things while drunk that they would never do sober. This can ruin your reputation, and cause problems for you.

Ultimately, it is up to the teen to decide wether to drink alchol or not. I have shared some reasons why you shouldn't, but in the end, the only one who can decide and is responsible is the teen. Drink alchol if you wish, but don't say no one told you about alchol attribution in young deaths!

Dangerous Effects of Alchol Abuse

2009-10-19T13:13:00.001-07:00

Hello, welcome to my blog. In today's post, I will be talking about the effects of alchol abuse. Alchol has many different effects, most substantial of them to your brain and liver. The effects of alchol on the brain are extremely obvious, especially when one is under the influence. Common short-term side effects of drinking alchohol are slurred speech, difficulty in using motor skills, impaired eyesight, and bad short-term memory. Extensive, heavy drinking can have long term effects as well. These can range from liver failure to brain loss, and even death. One of the dangerous immediate effects of drinking alchol is blacking out.

Blacking out, or, "passing out," as it is more commonly referred too, is actually much more dangerous then most people think. It's usually something to laugh about. How many times have you heard someone talking about not remembering last night because they passed out? It's extremely common, and it comes from drinking too much alchohol. People go to a party, consume alchol, and next thing they know, are waking up somewhere with no recollection of the nights events. Usually, what they do remember isn't good. Drunk driving, unprotected sex, or crimes of vandalism are often committed while under the influence. This is major evidence that alchohol messes with your brain. Also, recent studies show that women are at a larger risk of blacking out. Also, hangovers are another unpleasant side-effect of drinking. These are usually caused by dehydration, and you can be left with a headache or a bad stomach ache in the morning.

Consequence of Alchol: Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome

A common consequence of longterm alchol-consumption is Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome. Wernicke-korsakoff syndrome occurs when the body does not have enough Vitamin B1. This is an essential vitamin that is found in most first-world diets. Because of this, most first-world citizens never get diagnosed with Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome. Alchoholics are the exception. 80% of alcholics are diagnosed with Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome. Symptoms of this disease are paralysis of nerves in the eye, mental confusion, and loss of muscle coordination. Many patients diagnosed with this have trouble finding their way out of a room, or have difficulty even moving. Possibly the largest symptom of this disease is short-term memory loss. Patients will often have a conversation, and then an hour later, have no recollection of having the conversation.

Consequence of Alchohol: Liver Disease

When most people think of alchol related disease's, they think of liver disease. This is the most obvious of the consequence of long-term alchohol consumption. Your liver is responsible for making alchol non-toxic as it goes through your blood. With small amounts of alchohol, the liver is able to recover. However, after long-term abuse, the liver often swells, and becomes severely damaged. Because of this, extensive surgery is needed to correct the problem. In some cases, the patient will die, or be on dialysis for an extended period of time, until a liver can be transplanted.

In summary, alchol abuse can have very devastating side-effects -- especially to long-term abusers. Memory loss, coordination loss, liver damage, and brain problems are all a result of alchohol abuse. I hope you learned something about alchol from this article. Please keep checking back, as I'll have a new post on how to stop drinking next time. Thanks!

Alchol Alchohol

2009-10-18T15:27:00.000-07:00

Hello, and welcome to Alchol Alchohol. This website is about everything related to Alchol, Alchohol, or Alcohol. This website will contain articles on alchol abuse, alchohol poisoning, alchol effects, and alchohol drinks. I hope you learn everything you wanted to know about alchol alchohol here. Thanks!