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. This shows that alcohol not only hurts the people drinking but also innocent people. One out of two traffic deaths are caused by alcohol and nearly twenty-five thousand Americans die each year as a result of the eight hundred thousand car accidents caused by alcohol.
Alcoholics are seven times more likely to be involved in fatal accidents than non-alcoholics.
Alcohol is also related to three out of five cases of child abuse, up to one out of two incidents of domestic violence, one out of three suicides, and up to seven out of ten deaths by drowning. What I'm trying to point out here is that when people use alcohol, especially frequently and heavily like alcoholics do, they are just setting themselves up to get hurt or hurt someone else. Getting Help Early identification and treatment of alcoholism is the best way to prevent alcohol from ruining your life. The first and most important thing an alcoholic can do is admit that they have a problem. It is unlikely that the alcoholic will be the first to admit it, usually they will deny they have a problem, first they will deny their problem to others and then to themselves.