APRIL IS ALCOHOL AWARENESS MONTH

by Dr. Margaret Aranda


Part of healing your body # fromtheınsıdeout is to avoid internal damage to vital organs like your liver, brain, kidneys, etc. You can take all the supplements, vitamins, and minerals in the world and still drink yourself to death with #alcohol.  So I'm not pulling any punches here, and I'm telling you like it is. Period. 

Image 1 Fight the Good Fight . Fight for your family, for your household, for your children, and to break every chain that stops the generational abuse of alcoholism! You can do it!

It is National #alcohol Awareness Month and HELLO! It's been like this on the books since 1987, almost 20 years! Are you kidding me? You did not know? How STUPID of me that I did not know either! Let's solve that problem, because that is what I am all about: Solving Problems . 

Here are some statistics for you, since the scientist in me that life has to report the numbers speak for themselves and simply BOGGLE YOUR MIND! 

* There is one car accident due to alcohol-related death every 58 seconds in the USA;

* Alcohol consumption adds Risks for teenagers and pregnant women (eg, fetal alcohol syndrome);

* In a 2013 study by the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey , half of all Americans drank alcohol in the last 30 days.

Image 2. The Cost of Excessive Alcohol Use in the USA.  In 2010, the e xcessiv user of alcohol cost the United States $ 249 billion . 


Soooo ... For those of you who are STOPPING the alcohol, Hat's Off to You! Take one day at a time! Talk and bond with others that will keep you on the right track! Remember you are not alone! You affect a major impact on your family, when the doors are closed and you are alone with them! Look into the eyes of your children every time you need a reminder, and tell them:

"You are beautiful!"   
............................. " You are smart!"  
.................................................. ...  "you make me proud!" 

And remember this: you are talking to yourself , when you were little and all  you longed for love and a "normal" family . It is all in your hands now, with the grace of God. We are for you , behind you , liftingUp to succeed day by day! 

So FIGHT FIGHT this GOOD !  Amen!