"The total annual death rate due to alcohol-related accidents and health problems is close to 35,000" ("Alcoholism and alcohol abuse"). This fact explains how many problems arise from alcohol abuse and tells of health problems and accidents that could be caused by alcohol. Alcohol can be very dangerous and threaten people's lives even if they are not the ones consuming alcohol. Wrecks that kill innocent people often occur due to drunk driving. There are many alcohol-related deaths in the world today, either due to drunk driving, or simply because someone drank too much and it destroyed their liver. Many people think that these problems are problems that could be easily avoided if people didn't use drinking as a way out of the difficult things in life. Many people don't realize what they might do when they're drunk or what effects this might have on their lives. There is no precise cause of alcohol abuse or alcoholism, although there are many reasons why people may drink. Alcohol abuse can ruin a person's life, goals, families and many other things. Many people think that when you are of age it is okay to drink alcohol here and there, but many think that hard alcohol should have a limit. Alcohol isn't just fun and games or just getting together with friends to "have a few drinks". Having a few drinks can turn into more than just fun. Drinking can turn into many other things and could be very harmful. Alcohol abuse is a big problem and plays a role in many people's daily lives. Alcohol abuse can cause arguments in your family or with other people and could ruin a relationship or burn any trust you may have had with someone. Alcohol is abused for many reasons, one of these... at the center of the paper... Alcoholism.”Alcohol 34.2-3 (2004): 151-8 ProQuest. Network. November 26, 2013. Health Tip: Risk Factors of Alcohol Abuse." Washington Post, Washington August 3, 2008, page no. Print.Cassidy, Clifford M., M.Sc, Norbert Schmitz PhD. and Malla , Ashok, MBBS , FRCPC "Validation of the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test and Drug Abuse Screening Test in First-Episode Psychosis." Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 53.1 (2008): ProQuest Web, December 3, 2013. . Alcohol Abuse Diagnosis Dictionary, 04 12 2007. Web 5 December 2013. “Make the Connection.” Problems with Alcohol. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. nd Web. 5 December 2013. Szalavitz, Maia “Why the Personality May Be Important in Preventing Alcoholism” TIME Health and Family January 28, 2013, No. Opposing Views on Alcohol Minnesota: Greenhaven Press, 2004. 25-50.