Drinking and driving involves the continued or compulsive use of alcohol drinks while operating a car. Drinking and driving has many causes and effects. One of these causes may be thatthe person does not realize they are drunk. Another cause may be peer preassure, or that the person thinks is cool to be drunk. Drinking and driving also has many effects. One of the most common is death, It can also cause legal and family problems. Alcohol is an intoxicating substance made by distillation rather than fermentaton. Alcohol destroys many cells of the body. The liver receives the most damage from alcohol because it's responsible fort he breakdown of alcohol. Cirrhosis is the most dangerous liver ailment. Cirrhosis causes the scaar tissue to form,thhis blocks the flow of blodd through the liver. Cirrhosis is found in 10 perecent of alcoholics. Alcohol can cause brain damge, kill brain cells, memory loss, emotional disturbances and loss of coordination. It can also cause cancer in the mouth, throat, stomach, and the liver. Alcoholics use alcohol to forget their problems and relief stress. Alcohol is America's most common problem. About ten million people are stimated to be alcoholics. Most alcoholics try to hide their problem, they sneak drinnks at work, have personality change, and drink in the morning to prevent hang overs. About 94% of drinking and driving accidents occur after 3 am. Every state has raiesed the legal limit to buy alcohol to 21. Men are more likely tobe alcoholics than women.

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