The risks and unhealthy behaviors associated with alcohol use
are:
Decrease in mental ablities and
decision making abilities.
Leads to deviance in behaviors and
antisocial activities.
Disturbed family life.
Alcoholism can effect the unborn if
the alcoholic is a woman and pregnant.
Long term alcoholism causes damage to
liver and may lead to liver cirrhosis or cancer.
As both mental and physical
capacities decline due to alcoholism,it declines person's ability
to work causes absenteeism at work place or loss of job or changing
of job time to time,this leads to financial crisis.
Excessive alcoholism is a cause for
road accidents and death.
Women are at greater risk of
developing health risks associated with alcohol than men.
Alcoholism may lead to severe
depression and anxiety disorders.
Alcoholism is one of the reasons for
suicide and homicide.