Drug Action Week - Day 3 - Alcohol is a Drug Too

More research from Larry........

Alcohol is a drug and that's the bottom line.
It affects millions of people each day. Unfortunately, the person doing the drinking is not the only one who feels the impact of this abuse. It has a profound and direct impact on their families as well as their friends and acquaintances.
Besides what it can do to hurt everyone in the immediate social circle, alcohol has strong and lasting impact on the human body.
When you drink alcohol, even though you may not notice the changes, everyone else around you will.
It may start with changes in your behaviour such as mood swings. Your judgment may be impaired and you can start to have problems with relationships, in your marriage, with your children or friends.
Down the line, you may start to have problems with your job that can lead to obvious financial problems and maybe even legal problems that stem from arrests due to bad judgment caused by alcohol.
As far as your body is concerned, it can only take so much of a beating from alcohol before you start to notice what can become very serious problems.

Remember - Alcohol is a drug too.

Australian Bureau of Statistics full report
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Products/4364.0~2007-08~Main+Features~Risk+Factors?OpenDocument