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Sobering facts about drinking and driving. More Americans have been killed in alcohol- or other substance abuse-related car accidents than in all of the wars in which our country has fought.
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is defined as a medical condition characterized by an impaired ability to stop or control alcohol use despite adverse social, occupational, or health consequences. [124] Excessive alcohol use can lead to health-related illness and continuous alcohol engagement can ultimately lead to death.
Sober alcoholics could show drinking alcoholics that it was possible to enjoy life without alcohol, thus inspiring a spiritual conversion that would help ensure sobriety. [36] [37] [38] The tactics employed by Smith and Wilson to bring about the conversion was first to determine if an individual had a drinking problem.
The risk of alcohol dependence begins at low levels of drinking and increases directly with both the volume of alcohol consumed and a pattern of drinking larger amounts on an occasion, to the point of intoxication, which is sometimes called binge drinking. Binge drinking is the most common pattern of alcoholism.
Katherine Keyes, a professor of epidemiology at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, adds: “We know from decades of research that alcohol consumption is a sleep disruptor, and that ...
To this day, alcohol enjoys a lingering “health halo” effect, with long-standing beliefs—such as that, in small amounts, it can protect against heart disease and help promote longevity ...
Alcohol (from Arabic al-kuḥl 'the kohl'), [11] sometimes referred to by the chemical name ethanol, is the second most consumed psychoactive drug globally behind caffeine, [12] and alcohol use disorders are the most prevalent of all substance use disorders worldwide. [13]
any drinking in pregnant women or persons < 21 years old [10] Binge drinking is a pattern of alcohol consumption that brings blood alcohol concentration ≥ 0.08%, usually corresponding to: ≥ 5 standard drinks on a single occasion in men [10] ≥ 4 standard drinks on a single occasion in women [10] In the DSM-IV, alcohol