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Can any other problems be alcohol related?
Unfortunately, yes!!!

SCHOOL PROBLEMS: Missing school, getting bad grades, being suspended, dropping out.


WORK PROBLEMS: Missing work, getting in conflicts with co-workers, doing poorly because of a hangover.


SOCIAL PROBLEMS: Alcohol can interfere with how a relationship normally
develops (like it might make you do something stupid when you really wanted to make a good impression instead). More importantly, did you know that Alcohol - all by itself - is the #1 “DATE RAPE DRUG?” Drinking increases a person’s risk of becoming either a victim OR a perpetrator of sexual violence. Alcohol is also frequently involved in other crimes against women such as stalking and sexual harassment.

LEGAL PROBLEMS: Because of crimes like assaults, burglaries, child abuse and neglect, rapes, and violent murders. When people aren’t thinking clearly because the part of their brain that helps them decide if an idea is silly, dangerous, or downright wrong is essentially sleeping (Remember, alcohol IS a depressant), it’s easy to get caught up doing things they might later regret.


CAR CRASHES: Alcohol affects judgment and coordination that leads people to take risks while their skills are messed up. Drinkers often think their driving is
getting better when it actually is getting worse.

That’s why you should NEVER ride in a car if the driver has been drinking.

Following this rule may save YOUR life as well as those of family members and friends and strangers!

For more on this topic, check out the next page.






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