Alcohol Exposed
Your info hub for alcohol-free resources and the truth about alcohol
Alcohol destroys individuals and communities. Here are some hard facts.
Imagine what we could be, alcohol-free.
The High Cost
of Alcohol
to Our Health
Physical Health
* No level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health
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* Alcohol is a Group 1 carcinogen, along with tobacco, radiation and asbestos.
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* Alcohol is a neurotoxin that disrupts communications of the brain, and negatively affects the functions of brain cells.
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* Alcohol causes at least 7 types of cancer: breast cancer, oral cancer, throat cancer, esophageal cancer, liver cancer, and colorectum cancer.
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* Women who have three alcoholic drinks per week have a 15% higher risk of breast cancer. Experts estimate that the risk of breast cancer goes up another 10% for each additional drink women regularly have each day.
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* Alcohol use is strongly linked to poor sleep quality: it can lead to insomnia and shorter periods of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, a disrupted circadian rhythm, and snoring.
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Mental health
* People who drink alcohol are more likely to develop mental health problems, including depression and anxiety.
The High Cost
of Alcohol
to Society
Preventable Deaths
* Excessive drinking is a leading cause of preventable death in the United States, and it is also costly. It cost the nation $249 billion in 2010 (the most recent year of data available).
* Excessive alcohol use was responsible for about 178,000 deaths in the US each year during 2020–2021, or just under 500 deaths per day.
* In 2022, 13,524 people died in alcohol-impaired driving traffic deaths.
*A C.D.C. study estimates that, over five years, one in eight deaths of people ages 20 to 64 occurred because of alcohol-related injuries or illness.
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Violence
*Roughly 40% of inmates who are incarcerated for violent offenses were under the influence of alcohol during the time of their crime.
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* An estimated 37 % of sexual assaults and rapes are committed by offenders who were under the influence of alcohol.
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* An estimated 2/3rd of domestic violence victims report that the perpetrator had been drinking.
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* About 27% of aggravated assaults are committed by individuals who have used alcohol.
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