Large amounts of alcohol in women may interfere with fertility by upsetting the hormones in their body and it can increase the chance of a miscarriage. Women alcoholics who become pregnant can cause great damage to their babies, this damage is called fetal alcohol syndrome, fetal alcohol syndrome can cause physical deformities and mental retardation. Women alcoholics also have a higher rate of relapse than males. Violence and Alcoholism Being an alcoholic probably means you will be under the influence of alcohol quite a bit, which increases your chances of doing something stupid or illegal more than the regular person. Alcohol causes a change in brain chemistry which results in changed behavior such as increased aggression and reduced fear which may lead us to take needless risks.
Alcohol can cause people to be rude, verbally abusive, and physically threatening.
These factors almost always lead to trouble, such as fights with family , friends, or even complete strangers. Some people use alcohol to express hostile feelings that the wouldn't express when sober. Alcohol is a major factor in the committing crimes. Two out of three murders, one out of three rapes, and two out of five results are connected to the use of alcohol. This comes of no surprise to me because it is almost everyday you here of someone committing a crime while under the influence.