ility by upsetting the hormones in their body and it can increase the chance of amiscarriage. Women alcoholics who become pregnant can cause great damage to theirbabies, this damage is called fetal alcohol syndrome, fetal alcohol syndrome can causephysical deformities and mental retardation. Women alcoholics also have a higher rate ofrelapse than males.Violence and AlcoholismBeing an alcoholic probably means you will be under the influence of alcohol quite a bit,which increases your chances of doing something stupid or illegal more than the regularperson. Alcohol causes a change in brain chemistry which results in changed behavior suchas increased aggression and reduced fear which may lead us to take needless risks. Alcohol can cause people to be rude, verbally abusive, and physically threatening. Thesefactors almost always lead to trouble, such as fights with family , friends, or even completestrangers. Some people use alcohol to express hostile feelings that the wouldn’t expresswhen sober. Alcohol is a major factor in the committing crimes. Two out of threemurders, one out of three rapes, and two out of five results are connected to the use ofalcohol. This comes of no surprise to me because it is almost everyday you here ofsomeone committing a crime while under the influence. Traffic deaths caused by alcoholare very common in the U.S. This shows that alcohol not only hurts the people drinkingbut also innocent people. One out of two traffic deaths are caused by alcohol and nearlytwenty-five thousand Americans die each year as a result of the eight hundred thousandcar accidents caused by alcohol. Alcoholics are seven times more likely to be involved infatal accidents than non-alcoholics. Alcohol is also related to three out of five cases ofchild 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 thatwhen peo...
