How can drinking hurt others?

Answer 1

Alcohol in large amounts leads to Alcoholism, which in turn leads to major life problems and eventual failure of bodily systems that lead to severe illness and death.

However, as long as you are not pregnant, and do not drink more than one drink a day for women, (two for men,) there is little or no harm.

If you are pregnant, even small amounts of alcohol are known to cause difficulties with fetal development, and larger amounts can cause fetal alcohol syndrome, which often includes developmental and emotional problems, and in some cases mental retardation.

Alcohol is a neurotoxin (nerve poison) that affects your baby just as much as it does you.

Answer 2

Drinking can hurt others in that IF the drinker is an alcoholic, he/she can start to abuse others' money, they can start lying about what they are doing, their performance at work,/home is affected by the need for a drink, and emotional or physical abuse can start when emotions are running rampant in a drunken stupor. Alcoholics can make others feel anxious if they dont get help, because they can suffer serious physical and emotional effects from serious drinking, or may even die. A social/occasional drink is not bad, if the drinker limits himself and knows how to behave when drinking. Addiction is another ugly disease altogether.