The authors explains the stages of alcoholism and people most prone to the stages. Pages 214-220 of the textbook gives an example of what may happen to people during their drinking and after drinking. The book was published by McGraw-Hill, a publisher trusted with publishing textbooks. The authors did not put in their opinions or bias into the text as the textbook shows merely facts. The book provides examples of daily occurrences when dealing with alcohol with few that are not commonly known.
-The Century Council. "Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (National Statistics)." Web. 21 Mar. 2010
The author discusses the numbers of car accidents and fatalities of the accidents involved with alcohol in the year 2008. Roughly 32% of traffic fatalities were caused by alcohol, that 32% amounts to 11,773 out of 37,261 lives (The Century Council). In that year, it would mean one person would die every 45 minutes in a car accident due to alcohol in the United States after calculating it. The information given is the most up to date so far until the next alcohol related deaths census is conducted.
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