26/10/2023
Alcohol consumption and the affects of it isn't something that we train in first aid courses, however I have read some interesting reports on it lately. How it affects us as we get older, how it affects us as women and men and what it does to our body at an intracellular level. Basically, you are better off not drinking it at all. I have never been a 'drinker' but have certainly had some pretty good social binges that I have then suffered for the next few days, even weeks. Did I feel better for it? Did my skin suffer? Did my brain fog worsen?
It is alarming how accessible it is now in society. There is a bottle shop on nearly every corner and 'cheaper' chains that sell 'cheap' bottles of spirits, for example, $10 bottles of vodka.
These shops are more accessible than a whole foods shop, which you need a microscope to find... and will never find one in rural Queensland, but, bet you can find more than one liquor store.
An ESMO session highlights the well-known links between alcohol consumption and cancer and calls on healthcare professionals to do more to raise awareness among patients.
