“Sister Torn Between Loyalty and Burden: Why She Draws the Line at Helping Her Alcoholic Brother-in-Law Get Home”
Excessive alcohol consumption and unruly behavior can lead to a person not being allowed to board a plane
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A woman turned to the internet for advice after sharing how she refused to miss her flight due to her alcoholic brother-in-law’s actions
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7% of the global population lives with alcohol use disorders. Alcohol dependence is a very widespread problem
Excessive alcohol consumption affects a massive part of the global population. The World Health Organization (WHO) states that based on data from 2019, there are around 400 million people aged 15 and over (7% of the world’s population) who live with alcohol use disorders, of whom an estimated 209 million live with alcohol dependence.
According to the WHO, 2.6 million deaths were caused by alcohol consumption back in 2019. 1.6 million of these deaths were from noncommunicable diseases, 700,000 from injuries, and 300,000 from communicable diseases.
Alcohol-related mortality most heavily affects men. Broadly speaking, even low levels of alcohol use can impact your health in a negative way; however, most harm comes from “heavy episodic or heavy continuous alcohol consumption.”
Heavy alcohol use can increase the risk of various liver diseases, heart diseases, and different types of cancer, and lead to serious mental health issues like depression and anxiety. The WHO notes that 4.4% of cancers diagnosed around the world and 401,000 cancer deaths were linked to alcohol consumption. The highest proportion of alcohol-attributable deaths (13%) in 2019 occurred among young people aged 20 to 39.
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