Alcohol is used as a ceremonial gesture almost all cultures worldwide. And 'New Year, Christmas, birthdays, weddings, graduations, bar mitzvahs used, and to celebrate a special occasion only. America is almost like a rite of passage where the elderly deserve the youngest party goers enjoy a hand … ah … and then it's love at first sip.

No wonder that alcoholism runs in families. Few people actually wait until the legal drinking age of 21. Drinks Sometimes young people take to drinking so early that by the time they actually reached the age of consumption, have full-blown alcoholic.

These young adults go to college, where she is regarded as socially acceptable to get hammered every weekend, and for the "Week Night Warriors", also near the bar on a Monday or Tuesday night! After graduation, they remain in the labor market … and never stops.

Or, if it works, it's too late, like alcoholism 'slong-term effects have already manifested in the body, an liver problems, immune system, hypertension, heart and lung problems and even brain damage.

If this is not enough to control that freedom of weekly binge-drinking, maybe these facts:

1) About 76 million people worldwide suffer from some type of alcohol-related disorders including alcohol abuse and alcoholism.

2) alcohol consumption increases the risk of developingcertain types of cancer including mouth, tongue, throat, esophagus, liver and breast. These tumors are associated with alcoholism – even three glasses a day can cause these cancers, but not, according to the American Cancer Society.

3) Alcohol abuse, the United States an estimated $ 220 billion cost in 2005, more than cancer ($ 196,000,000,000) and obesity (133 billion U.S. dollars)

4) people who drink as adolescents are four times more likely to develop alcohol-related disorders, as beforeAge 21 to those waiting to eat their first drink.

5) According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in 2008, 11,773 people in the U.S. have died in drunk driving accidents. Every 45 minutes a person is in a collision driving impaired by alcohol killed.

6) Four persons under 21 years of age die every day due to traffic of alcohol.

7) Children with alcoholic parents are at least 10 times more likely to abuse alcohol themselves.

8)According to the statistics of suicide, 15-20% of suicide under the influence of alcohol

9) "binge drinking" is defined as drinking five or more drinks at one time. Long-term binge drinking are known to cause liver disease, cancer, pancreatitis and heart disease. These must be binge-drinking sessions a week. Even irregular heavy drinking can lead to these diseases.

10) In 2007, a fifth of adults (20%) aged 18-25 were as requiring treatment for alcohol abuse and misuse of treatment with drugs classified- These are some 6.9 million people!

Although these figures are alarming, it is important to know that there are programs across the nation to help people who are sober and overcome their alcohol addiction before it's too late as possible. Alcohol abuse recovery is a long and difficult, but worth it, unless someone is looking for more alcohol a void in their lives – so happy and tried to fill the inside.