Under the Influence
This week is Alcohol Awareness Week, you know where I am going with this. I  especially want to call your attention to the negative effects of alcohol in women. Check out the info graph listed below, it highlights major differences in males versus females concerning alcohol consumption. Check to see how being under the influence affects women who consume alcohol on the regular?

Under the Influence Alcohol affects men and women differently.  Many people think it’s just because men are bigger and can handle their alcohol better, but weight isn’t the only factor.

Under the Influence
Of women who drink, 1 in 10 have more than 1 drink a day. Women are more likely to drink too much if they have any of the following:

– The ability to ‘hold her liquor’ more than others
– History of childhood physical or sexual abuse
– History of depression
– Partner who drinks excessively
– Parents or siblings with drinking problems

Wearing J.Crew Factory Downtown field jacket, J. Crew pencil skirt and Boden Alice suede high heel.
At the Harrisburg Area Community College Center for Community and Arts;  Wearing J.Crew Factory Downtown field jacket, J. Crew pencil skirt and Boden Alice suede high heel.

Drinking alcohol is more likely to damage a women’s health than a man’s even if the woman has been drinking less alcohol for a shorter period of time.  Women who drink have a greater risk of heart disease, brain disease, liver disease, breast cancer.

Women are more likely to suffer from mental health and other problems: anxiety, depression, borderline personality disorders; eating disorders, abusing other drugs and sexual  assault and domestic violence.

Image credit: Lakeview Health Systems
Image credit: Lakeview Health Systems

National Alcohol Screening Day is Thursday, April 9.  Don’t become one of the 6 million women that abuse or under the influence of alcohol.

Have a great wonderful week.

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