What I’ve learned from watching the documentary Alcohol: A women’s Health Issue is more than half of Americans have a family member affected by alcohol. Genetics plays a role in becoming an alcoholic. Environment also increases the risk of becoming an alcoholic. Alcohol kills more teenagers than any other illegal drugs combined. Alcoholics don’t believe to have a problem until they get in trouble with the law or end up in the hospital. Consuming large amounts of alcohol over time does affect your health, including, brain damage, liver damage, heart damage, and increases your chances of developing breast cancer.