Educate yourself, your family, your friends, or children about the dangers of alcohol abuse. Help them realize that drinking too much could increase the chances of them getting cancer. Substance abuse is a serious problem and it affects not only the individual, but hurts everyone around them as well. Drinking too heavily can cause the individual to develop anemia, which is a disease that will cause their oxygen-carrying red blood cells to be far too low. Anemia has a lot of terrible symptoms, just some including extreme fatigue, fast heartbeat, and chest pains. Abusing alcohol could change the way a brain works and looks, since it interferes with a brain’s communication pathways. This would make it harder for someone to think or change their behaviors. Too much alcohol can cause a
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Of course, there is also the fact that drinking impairs good judgment so much. Did you know that alcohol is a factor of about 60% of fatal burn injuries, drowning, and homicides? What about that it’s also a factor in 50% of trauma injuries and sexual assault? It’s a factor in 40% of fatal vehicle crashes, suicides, and deathly falls, too. Depression and sleep disorders are also a risk of alcohol abuse, as well as managing diabetes. Have you ever heard of an alcohol use disorder? If not, it’s a medical condition in which doctors can properly diagnose that someone’s drinking has caused them extreme distress or harm. Even worse, in the United States, around 17 million people have been diagnosed with an alcohol use disorder. Drinking too much alcohol is not something that only children and teenagers have to worry about. Every single negative effect listed previously can happen to adults as well. Keep yourself safe; keep your loved ones safe too. Do not let anyone be a victim of alcohol. Be informed and be aware of the fatal
Of course, there is also the fact that drinking impairs good judgment so much. Did you know that alcohol is a factor of about 60% of fatal burn injuries, drowning, and homicides? What about that it’s also a factor in 50% of trauma injuries and sexual assault? It’s a factor in 40% of fatal vehicle crashes, suicides, and deathly falls, too. Depression and sleep disorders are also a risk of alcohol abuse, as well as managing diabetes. Have you ever heard of an alcohol use disorder? If not, it’s a medical condition in which doctors can properly diagnose that someone’s drinking has caused them extreme distress or harm. Even worse, in the United States, around 17 million people have been diagnosed with an alcohol use disorder. Drinking too much alcohol is not something that only children and teenagers have to worry about. Every single negative effect listed previously can happen to adults as well. Keep yourself safe; keep your loved ones safe too. Do not let anyone be a victim of alcohol. Be informed and be aware of the fatal