Let's get Statistical, Statistical...you know to the tune of Let's Get Physical

here are some statistics that I found on alcohol abuse

Alcohol Statistics

• More than 100,000 U.S. deaths are caused by excessive alcohol consumption each year. Direct and indirect causes of death include drunk driving, cirrhosis of the liver, falls, cancer, and stroke.¹
  
  
• At least once a year, the guidelines for low risk drinking are exceeded by an estimated 74% of male drinkers and 72% of female drinkers aged 21 and older.²
  
  
• 65% of youth surveyed said that they got the alcohol they drink from family and friends.⁷
  
  
• Nearly 14 million Americans meet diagnostic criteria for alcohol use disorders.⁵
  
  
• Youth who drink alcohol are 50 times more likely to use cocaine than those who never drink alcohol.³
  
  
• Among current adult drinkers, more than half say they have a blood relative who is or was an alcoholic or problem drinker.¹
  
  
• Across people of all ages, males are four times as likely as females to be heavy drinkers.¹
  
  
• More than 18% of Americans experience alcohol abuse or alcohol dependence at some time in their lives.⁶
  
  
• Traffic crashes are the greatest single cause of death for persons aged 6–33. About 45% of these fatalities are in alcohol-related crashes.⁴
  
  
• Underage drinking costs the United States more than $58 billion every year — enough to buy every public school student a state-of-the-art computer.²
  
  
• Alcohol is the most commonly used drug among young people.¹
  
  
• Problem drinkers average four times as many days in the hospital as nondrinkers — mostly because of drinking-related injuries.¹
  
  
• Alcohol kills 6½ times more youth than all other illicit drugs combined.²
  
  
• Concerning the past 30 days, 50% of high school seniors report drinking, with 32% report being drunk at least once.²

Here's what the Centers for Disease Control had to say:

Prevalence

• Percent of adults who drank alcohol in the past year: 61% (2006)
• Percent of current drinkers who had five or more drinks on at least one day in the past year: 20% (2006)

Source: Health, United States, 2008, Table 68, 69

Mortality

• Number of alcohol-induced deaths, excluding accidents and homicides: 21,634
• Number of alcoholic liver disease deaths: 12,928

after examining all of this data I feel as though I am not alone in my struggles