2. Alcohol Facts Alcoholism is 4-5 times more common in children who are raised by alcoholics. Women alcoholics have a 50-100% higher death rate than male alcoholics. Native American believe alcoholism is a spiritual problem. 60% of addicts relapse within 3 months of treatment.
3. Cost of Alcohol Costs to society - $184.6 billion (health insurance, criminal just, etc.) 25 % of nation’s medical expenses $61.9 billion goes to underage drinking 34.7 billion of that attributes to violence 13.5 billion is attributable to car accidents