Drug and Alcohol abuse is basically the use of illegal drugs and alcohol which may lead to physical, emotional and job related problems. It can have some serious consequences. Addiction to drug and alcohol affects millions of people nationwide. Once you’re addicted it becomes impossible to control your use of illegal drugs and alcohol.
Such kind of addiction has a lot of ill effects such as it affects a person’s brain and behavior that leads to an inability to control its use. Excessive substance abuse affects many parts of the body, but the organ that gets affected the most is the brain. Addiction is a disease that affects your brain and behavior. These kind of addictions begin with experimental use in social situations or just for fun, but with time the usage becomes more frequent. As time passes, you may need larger doses of the drug to get high.