Alcoholism Statistics

"Substance abuse research shows that the body and/or brain develop physical tolerance to the activity or substance that requires increasing amounts of the substance or activity to get the same or similar effects."

"In one U.S. study, 56% of the students surveyed in grades 5 through 12 said that alcohol advertising encourages them to drink."

"Recent U.S. alcohol abuse and drunk driving statistics reveal that alcohol-involved crashes accounted for 46 percent of fatal injury crash costs, 21 percent of nonfatal injury crashes, and 10 percent of property-damage-only crash costs during one calendar year."

"According to the substance abuse research literature, at first, the individual drinks alcohol to reduce emotional or physical pain. After neuroadaptation has caused the brain to adjust to the influx of alcohol, however, the individual drinks not to reduce pain but rather to function on a daily basis. In short, abusing alcohol and drugs change the brain that in turn leads to compulsive and uncontrollable drug abuse and/or drinking."

"In one U.S. study, the overwhelming majority of surveyed youth (74% of 8-17 year-olds; 74% of 8-12 year-olds; 74% of 13-17 year-olds) cite their parents as the primary influence in their decisions about whether they drink alcohol or not."

"Fortunately, research is helping to define the barriers that exist in accessing care and achieving recovery from alcohol abuse and alcoholism."

"Drug and alcohol abuse statistics reveal that more than 67% of the funding for drug and alcohol treatment programs comes from public sources. Private insurance pays for about 14% of these services and the patients pay for about 10%."

"Alcohol abuse and alcoholism research shows that approximately 20% of teens are 'problem drinkers.' Problem drinking can result in alcohol related accidents, intoxication, binge drinking, or getting into problems with friends, school, work, the law, or with family members because of alcohol abuse."

"According to a fairly recent study that was performed by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), drinking on university and college campuses is more damaging and unhealthy than many people think."

"U.S. alcohol abuse researchers have discovered that children learn their attitudes about drinking from those around them, especially from their friends, their parents, and from other adults."

"In some areas, part of the DUI school curriculum puts offenders face to face with victims, who tell their painful stories of how a drunk driver changed their lives forever. The idea is that personalizing the pain that drinking and driving can cause might make the offender stop and think before getting behind the wheel after drinking."

"Driving under the influence is not an alcohol-only problem. In 2006, 13 percent of seniors said they drove after using marijuana while ten percent said they drove after having five or more drinks."

"In some areas, part of the DUI school curriculum puts offenders face to face with victims, who tell their painful stories of how a drunk driver changed their lives forever. The idea is that personalizing the pain that drinking and driving can cause might make the offender stop and think before getting behind the wheel after drinking."

"In some areas, part of the DUI school curriculum puts offenders face to face with victims, who tell their painful stories of how a drunk driver changed their lives forever. The idea is that personalizing the pain that drinking and driving can cause might make the offender stop and think before getting behind the wheel after drinking."

"If drinking alcohol is going to affect your ability to have children, not to mention the negative health consequences that alcohol presents to you who will be having the child, why not simply abstain from drinking alcohol while you are trying to have a child, while you are carrying the child, and while you are breast feeding the child?"

"Research has shown that people who start drinking at an early age, for instance at 13 years old or younger, significantly increases the likelihood that they will experience alcohol problems later in life."

"Several U.S. studies have shown that about half of alcoholics who have successfully undergone detoxification will relapse within 6-12 months."

"A definition of alcoholism: Alcoholism is a degenerative disease that includes the following symptoms: craving, tolerance, physical dependence, and loss of control."

"According to substance abuse and police statistics, more than three fourths of female victims of nonfatal, domestic violence state that their attacker had been using drugs or drinking alcohol."

"According to U.S. alcohol abuse and alcoholism statistics, alcohol is a factor in nearly half of America's murders, suicides and accidental deaths."

"According to a report conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, in 2004, an estimated 343,250 drug related emergency department visits were made by patients aged 12 to 20. About 42% (142,701) of these visits involved alcohol."

"Research demonstrates that some people with alcoholism may have an inherited a dysfunction in the transmission of serotonin."

"Alcoholism researchers in one study found that the largest group of alcoholics in the U.S. are young adults. Twenty percent are highly functional and more than half do not have a family history of alcoholism."

"In some areas, part of the DUI school curriculum puts offenders face to face with victims, who tell their painful stories of how a drunk driver changed their lives forever. The idea is that personalizing the pain that drinking and driving can cause might make the offender stop and think before getting behind the wheel after drinking."

"According to recent studies, it has been discovered that approximately 53% of adults in the United States have reported that one or more of their close relatives has a drinking problem."

"Whether alcoholism is a disease or not, one thing is unmistakable: if an individual lives long enough and does not quit drinking, there are clearly identifiable and predictable negative effects that will happen in almost every instance."

"According to alcohol abuse statistics, people older than 65 years and having more than seven drinks per week or more than three drinks per occasion are drinking too much."

"Although 40 percent of U.S. college freshmen say they binge drink (5 or more drinks on one occasion), a new study has found that up to 20 percent of male students go far beyond the binge-drinking threshold, consuming more than 10 or 15 drinks per drinking session."

"According to the substance abuse research literature, in the second stage of alcoholism tolerance increases and the alcoholic drinks because of his or her dependence on alcohol, rather than because of emotional reasons such as relief from anxiety, frustration, or stress."

"According to a report published by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, policy-makers need to step up enforcement of underage drinking laws and finance additional treatment programs for adolescents."

"Those who are alcohol dependent feel a need to drink consistently in order to feel normal, or to avoid uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms. Alcohol dependence can be physical, psychological, or both."

"In a relatively wide-spread and extensive study that was undertaken in 38 States and the District of Columbia, the cities and towns with the greatest numbers of drinking establishments such as bars, nightclubs, and taverns, had the highest rates of alcoholism. What an absolute shock! Now really surprise me and tell me that the areas with the highest expenditure for alcohol advertisements also had the highest rates of alcoholism! The bottom line: higher alcohol advertising costs + more drinking establishments = higher rates of alcoholism."