About 4.5 million American women abuse alcohol. About 3.5 million American women misuse prescription drugs. About 3.1 million regularly use illicit drugs. Approximately 40,000 women die of alcohol-related illnesses and injuries each year. Female alcoholics have death rates up to twice as high as male alcoholics. Women become more susceptible to the effects of alcohol as they age. Female alcoholics live 15 years less than women in the general population.
From the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.
women are more vulnerable than men to alochol induced brain damage. latest studies show that women have more brain damage and memory loss than men who drink the same amount of time.
women have less water in their bodies than men,therefore a woman's brain and other organs are easily exposed to alcohol
women are more likely than men to develop alcoholic hepatitis (liver inflamation) and to die from chirrhosis.
Drinking alcohol increases the risk of breast cancer
women who drink faces great risk of having babies with fetal alcohol syndrome
alcohol can impair the function of the hormone releasing glands and of the target tissues thereby causing serious medical consequences
Kat you are soooooo funny LOL. oh well the old saying goes. If we can't be a good example then we'll have to be a horrible warning. lol Have a great sober weekend and a bit of advice to you. any woman can have the body of a 25 year old as long as she buys him a few drinks first. lol.
