Alcohol
The
prohibition of alcohol is questioned in the minds of many people. Unfortunately, many youths, high school
students, college students, and other adults enjoy the short term benefit of
alcohol to justify their intake.
Those
of use who only know to stay away from drinking alcohol should now know
why. Let us take a look at this
medically. A doctor was asked
questions, and he answered accordingly.
Q: Doctor, can alcohol keep help to
increase appetite? A: Alcohol is not a presecribed appetizer
and could cause acidity, ulcers, vomitting of blood n the long run. Lack of appetite should be checked and
treated by a doctor. Alcohol is
not a known apetite stimulant.
Q: Can alcohol help to sleep well?
A: A reasonably healthy human being does
not need any substance to sleep.
Insomnia (lack of sleep) can be transient due to a mild stress and would
get solved by itself in due course of time. Alcohol should not be used as a crutch. Severe Insomnia should be treated by a
dcotor. Also Alcohol is not a prescribed
sedative. However it does help to
sleep through various mechanisms, one of them being decreasing anxiety.
Q: Does Alcohol improve confidence before
activities? A: Alcohol could allay anxiety temporarily
but it is not a confidence booster and might interfere with performances.
Q: It is necessary to drink alcohol after
a hard days labor?
A: Absolutely no. It is better to drink half a glass of
milk after a hard days labor.
The
World Health Organisation (W.H.O.) had reacted to claims that moderate drinking may be good for health, with a
stern reminder that alcohol consumption causes some of the world’s most serious
health problems.
“There
is no minimum threshold below which alcohol can be consumed without any risk,”
says Dr. Hans Embald, director for the WHO program on substance abuse.
Recent
campaigns which emphasise possible health benefits such as the prevention of
heart disease - are “not based on rigorous scientific research” and are “to a
large extent inspired by commercial purposes”.
“Alcohol
is the second largest killer after tobacco, and is the cause of more deaths
that are illegal drugs put together,” Embald said.
“Alcohol
produces dependence, causes cancers and chronic liver diseases and can
contribute to accidents and to social problems that may result in violence or
crime,” the WHO statement says.
Promoting its moderate use for health reasons is “insufficient and
unwise.”
Relating
this topic to Islam, the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “After the divine ban on
liquor through my word, it is not permissible to enter into matrimonial
relations with one, who drinks liquor, or to credit his statement, or to accept
any testimony of him, or to entrust him with any charge under an impression of
his integrity, for then God will not gaurantee his faith nor recompense any one
for it.”
Thus
alcohol is a poison and its evil effects are so great that every courageous man
and woman should help to eliminate its use within the society.
References:
Dr.
Abbas M. Vakil. Ja’fari Magazine. Alcohol. Vol. 7, No.1
Islam
and Medicine. Ja’fari
Magazine. Vol. 7, No. 1