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  • Alcohol use affects the part of the brain that is located in the upper region; this portion of the brain is where self control and other learned behaviors are stored.
  • Excessive alcohol consumption and drinking problems among White women are most common in younger age groups.
  • Alcohol mixes easily with body fat so that it can effectively penetrate almost all organs of the body. However, alcohol mixes most easily with water, meaning that alcohol concentrations will be highest in the blood (which is over 90%water) after drinking.
  • Because alcoholism has a tendency to run in families, researchers are eager to isolate the genes that may influence a person's vulnerability to this condition; an individual's environment, such as peer pressure, being exposed to alcohol on a regular basis in the home while growing up, and the ease in which they can obtain liquor, also may influence drinking and the development of alcoholism.

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