According to the CDC, alcohol accounts for about 178,000 deaths per year in the US (source: cdc.gov). By comparison, deaths from opioid overdose are around 80,000 per year in the US but on the decline. How is the number for alcohol-related deaths so high? Well, if you look at the car accidents it plays a role in, the cancers it has been linked to, and the direct damage it causes to organs like your liver or brain, you can see how alcohol is potentially so deadly. About five years ago, I stopped
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