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Some religions—most notably Islam, Jainism, the Bahá’í Faith, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the Church of Christ, Scientist, the United Pentecostal Church International, Theravada, most Mahayana schools of Buddhism, some Protestant sects of Fundamentalist Christianity, and some sects of Hinduism—forbid, discourage, or restrict the drinking of alcoholic beverages for various reasons. Many Christian denominations use wine in the Eucharist or Communion and permit the use of alcohol in moderation, while others use unfermented grape juice in Communion and abstain from alcohol by choice or prohibit it outright. Judaism uses wine on Shabbat for Kiddush as well as in the Passover ceremony and in other religious ceremonies, including Purim, and allows the use of alcohol, such as kosher wine. Many ancient Jewish texts such as the Talmud even encourage moderate amounts of drinking on holidays such as Pur... read more

Alcohol expectations are beliefs that people hold about the effects they will experience when drinking alcoholic beverages. They are largely beliefs about how the consumption of alcohol will affect a person’s emotions, abilities, and behaviors. If alcohol expectations can be changed, it may be possible to reduce a major social and health problem, that of alcohol abuse. If people in a society generally believe that intoxication leads to aggression, sexual behavior AKA “beer goggles”, or rowdy behavior, they tend to act that way when intoxicated. If the society teaches that intoxication leads to relaxation and tranquil behavior, it virtually always leads to those outcomes. Alcohol expectations vary within a population so outcomes are not uniform. People tend to conform to social expectations and a common belief in most societies is that alcohol causes disinhibition. However, in those societies in which people don’t believe that alcohol disinhi... read more

A report of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimates that medium and high consumption of alcohol led to 75,754 deaths in the USA in 2001. Low consumption has some beneficial effects, so a net 59,180 deaths were attributed to alcohol. In the U.K., heavy drinking is blamed for up to 33,000 deaths a year. A study in Sweden found that 29% to 44% of “unnatural” deaths (those not caused by illness) were related to alcohol; the causes of death included suicide, falls, traffic injuries, asphyxia, intoxication and murder. A global study found that 3.6% of all cancer cases worldwide are caused by alcohol drinking, resulting in 3.5% of all global cancer deaths. A U.K. study found that alcohol causes about 6% of cancer deaths in the U.K., killing over 9,000 people a year. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholic_beverage See Also: ... read more