Say No To Alcohol

Are you social? Say No to Alcohol! Instead, make a friendly call! -Mohit

Just The Facts... A total of 6 million boys and girls ages 12-17 have reported drinking alcohol sometime in their lifetime. (Alcohol Use Statistics) In 2010, the US lost $209,000,000 to Alcohol Misuse - 3/4 of which is related to binge drinking. (Economic Burden Statistics). Alcohol misuse was the 7th leading factor of premature death and disability worldwide in 2016. (Global Burden Statistics)

Are you social? Say No to Alcohol! Instead, make a friendly call!

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Alcohol is detectable in your blood for upto 6-24 hrs after the last drink, depending on how you test it.

Some treatments include counseling, medicine, & support groups.

Damageable organs include the lungs, liver, and heart because of stroke, cancer, and a variety of different diseases.

Psychological effects include memory issues, depression, anxiety. This eventually causes them to become a whole different person with new behaviors.

Short-term effects include injuries, violence, alcohol poisoning, Short-term effects, as well as long-term, can cause faster death.

Long-term effects include cancer, liver disease, and even death. These diseases are fatal and chances increase the more you drink.

It hurts the users, their families, relations, jobs, and more. It can wreck their life and future.

Millions of people use alcohol every day.

Alcohol use and abuse takes the world by storm. In a bad way, too.