Alcohol Awareness Month

What is alcoholism? Alcoholism is a disorder where a person is unable to control their alcohol consumption.

Signs of Alcoholism: Being unable to control alcohol consumption Craving alcohol when you’re not drinking Putting alcohol above personal responsibilities Feeling the need to keep drinking more Spending a substantial amount of money on alcohol Behaving differently after drinking Facts about underage drinking from the CDC

1. Alcohol is the most commonly used and abused drug among youth in the United States.

2. Excessive drinking is responsible for more than 4,300 deaths among underage youth each year, and cost the U.S. $24 billion in economic costs in 2010.

3. Although the purchase of alcohol by persons under the age of 21 is illegal, people aged 12 to 20 years drink 11% of all alcohol consumed in the United States.4 More than 90% of this alcohol is consumed in the form of binge drinks.

4. On average, underage drinkers consume more drinks per drinking occasion than adult drinkers.

5. In 2013, there were approximately 119,000 emergency rooms visits by persons aged 12 to 21 for injuries and other conditions linked to alcohol.

Information for this blog was from the following sources:

https://www.alcoholrehabguide.org/alcohol/

https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/underage-drinking.htm