From casual drinking to alcohol abuse
Yesterday Sarah and I went to The House Of Pizza for a softball team fundrasing event that a couple of my co-workers play for. It was a really good deal that I couldn’t pass up. $10 per person for all you could eat and drink pizza and pop/beer from 12pm to 5pm. We got there at about 3pm or shortly there after. Pizza was good and beer was cold. After 5:30 we left to meet up with some friends/co-workers at the La Ca-cita for a cinco de’ Mayo celebration beer. They went down town and we went home. I proceeded to have a couple more beers but thats where things went wrong and the alcohol abuse took place. You see we were sitting in the living room watching some TV when Sarah fell asleep. We were watching some SNL that must have been pretty boring cuz after Sarah fell asleep I to was checking the backs of my eye lids for holes. Next thing I know I woke up and had beer soaked pants and chair. OOPS! Dam I hate when I abuse alcohol like that. Oh well it was a fun night that had a wet end 
My beer soaked ass and chair…… Sorry beer gods I’ll never let this happen again!
-B-Rad
lol thats great. just happened to come across this while looking up alcohol abuse for a paper in college. lightened up the mood a little from some of the stuff i was looking at (:
Comment by michelle — October 28, 2009 @ 1:35 pm
Water as the Best Natural Health Drink
There are a lot of commercial health drinks out there in the market nowadays. They claim that they provide cure for illnesses, even citing studies of their drastic impact on cancer. But amidst these countless choices, we may e forgetting about nature’s most important “cocktail” – water.
Some health professionals say that most of the people nowadays are dehydrated and they are not aware of it. People are more interested in drinking coffee, tea and sodas which also contains caffeine. About 83 percent of our blood is made of water. Muscles are made of 75 percent water, while bone is 22 percent composed of water. Actually, an average person who weighs around 150 lbs., contains 40 to 50 quarts of water. That makes 2/3 of our body weight are from water.
Drinking water also retains the fluids necessary for the body to function. When the body gets less water, it begins to hold on to each drop of fluid and water it has. Water is stored outside the cells making feet, legs and hands to swell. To overcome this problem, the best thing to do is to drink plenty of water. The stored water outside the cells will be released.
Aside from being completely necessary for biological processes, drinking the recommended 8 glasses of water a day will definitely give you significant health improvements. It would improve your energy, increase mental and physical performance, remove toxins and other waste products from the body.
Water also helps you to get glowing and healthy-looking skin. Water acts as a natural body purifier, this disposes the toxins out of your body. There are even studies citing water intake as an important factor in weight loss. When a body does not have enough water, the fat cells cannot be easily metabolized. This “rubber-like” fat cell is harder to lose. Water can also suppress your hunger.
Not drinking enough water is also the number one reason of fatigue. There are also studies that showed that drinking the recommended 8 glasses of water a day relieves most patients from back and joint pain. It even has effects on our memory and ability to concentrate. If you lack water intake, you can have short-term memory, trouble with your basic math and focusing on what you have in front of you, either a computer screen or a page you are handling.
Aside from regular tap water, you can see a lot mineral water and even alkaline water in the stands. Compared to ordinary tap water, alkaline water has higher pH level. Alkaline water is said to have help in neutralizing acids and remove toxins from the body. Alkaline water drinkers and proponents believed that most of what we eat and drink produces acid waste. Aside from this, they also say that alkaline water gives electrochemical activity to the cell.
To keep the body hydrated, you do not have to drink from your water bottle every time. Food is also source of your 20 percent total water intake. The remaining 80 percent comes from other beverages. Fruits and vegetables also contain a lot of water. Oranges would have 87 percent of composed of water.
Even if there are people promoting alkaline water, there are still other health care professionals who thinks that we should just stick to regular, plain water. Whether it is alkaline water or normal water, we could not deny that it is one of the wonders of Mother Nature. Over centuries, water has been the natural health drink for us.
Comment by madcashcentral — July 8, 2010 @ 9:31 am