- Violence - Fights,
vandalism, sexual assaults, homicide and suicide are far more likely
to occur when drinking is involved.
- Unprotected sex
- Individuals are less likely to use safer sex practices when drinking,
which can result in unplanned pregnancy and infection with a sexually
transmitted disease
- Serious injury
- Over 53% of all fatal automobile accidents in the U.S. involve alcohol
use.
- Death from overdose
- Addiction - Although
anyone can become addicted, those with a family history of alcohol or
other drug addiction are at least four times more likely to develop
alcoholism.
- Lowered resistance
to disease/illness
- Increased risk
of ulcers, heart disease, and cancers of the liver, mouth, throat and
stomach
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
(FAS)/Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE) Women who drink during pregnancy may
give birth to infants with physical deformities, brain damage and mental
retardation. If a woman is pregnant, trying to become pregnant, or suspects
she is pregnant, she should abstain from alcohol and other drug use.
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