Friday, May 28, 2010

Curriculum

#4

In bio right now we are making posters to hang around the school. My group is doing the poster about the effects of alcohol on the digestive system. Part of the digestive system is the liver. This is used as a storehouse for waste. It filters the toxins out of your body. Alcohol disables the liver to do it’s job properly. A short term effect of this is known as a ‘hang over’. If someone is a heavy drinker there are very serious long term effects. My dad is now a recovering alcoholic. He started drinking at the age of 14 and he is now 50. 2 years ago he stopped drinking completely because the doctor told him he would die if he continued. Long term drinking destroys your liver. Depending on how long you have been drinking for, your liver can slowly repair its self because it is always regenerating. But unfortunately in some cases, like my dad’s, it gets no better, at least not like you would want it to.

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