Alcohol addiction is one of the most common substance addictions in the US and the world at large. Records have it that people who abuse alcohol are liable to some aftereffects of its use. These aftereffects can be either good or bad because people have different rationales as to why they drink alcohol excessively.

Alcohol addiction is sometimes called alcoholism and is common to both the young and old. Alcohol can act as a depressant that proves to be temporarily useful to people experiencing stress disorder and traumatic breakdown. Some people even take alcohol as a way out of their pain, emotional issues, work, and life stress.

However good those might sound; the effects of alcohol abuse can lead to dangerous mental impairment and loss of control. Alcohol addiction sometimes breeds a wrong sense of judgment and false boldness for those suffering low self-esteem and depression. Most people take it as an easy path to do those things they are naturally unable to do.

Most criminal cases like murder, rape, robbery, and road rage are usually induced by alcohol. Some people might have the thought of doing bad things but are void of the confidence to conjure such evil. Alcohol abuse distorts people’s senses of control, limits, and motivation which aids them to carry out things that their sense of norm and value will naturally forbid.

It is not news that some of the most dangerous communities in various countries are places where alcohol and other addictive substances are seriously abused. If proper caution is taken and those affected are brought to treatment, there is a high tendency that the crime rate will reduce drastically.

Rape, for instance, is one behavior that a person in his right senses will not do. However, when overtaken by intoxication, it is almost impossible to overturn and take charge. The following are effects of alcohol abuse that will likely induce crime:

• Brain damage
• Behavioral changes
• Hallucination
• Alcohol dependence
• Depression