Day 5
“Self congratulation is a necessary form
of communication with your body.”
-Steve Iig
Think about the great things you’re doing for your body by not drinking. Although you know of the ill effects and long term complications that can come from alcohol use, the fun and believing that being young keeps you immune has outweighed thinking it through. Once you have stopped drinking, it’s good to remind yourself about how you have turned things around and how your health is and will start to improve.
These are some of the fast benefits you will reap right away:
- You should feel an increase in motivation and energy level.
- Sleep on the weekends should improve and you will feel rested when you wake up.
- You will get more school work accomplished.
- You won’t feel the funk on Sat. and Sun. morning.
Pick an activity today to reward yourself for the progress you’ve made. Take a good deep breath and get yourself moving.
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Binge drinking ups infection risk
Booze can lower the body’s natural defenses
Going on a drinking binge could leave you wide open to infections, as well as hangovers, work suggests.
Drinking copious amounts of alcohol in one session scuppers the immune system by knocking out proteins essential for fighting off bacteria and viruses
and alcohol’s effects continue long after the party is over.
College Men Unimpressed by Female Binge Drinkers
March 11, 2009
Some college women may drink excessively to gain the attention of men, but new research from Loyola Marymount University suggests that drunk women are not as attractive to men as women believe.
Science Daily reported March 11 that the majority (71 percent) of women surveyed overestimated — by an average of one-and-a-half drinks — the number of alcohol beverages men wanted their female friends, dates, or girlfriends to drink.
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