Why We Should Not Drink Alcohol
Posted: August 25th, 2021
Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that they should not
drink alcohol.
Central
Idea: To create awareness about the dangers of alcohol and
measures that can solve this problem.
Why We Should Not Drink Alcohol
Introduction
- Attention-getter: Alcohol drinking has
recently become one of the most dangerous habits which destroys the lives of
many people.
- Central Idea: To create awareness about
the dangers of alcohol and measures that can solve this problem.
- Credibility: I have been studying the
harmful effects of alcohol for the last year and gained reliable information on
why we should not consume it.
- Preview of the main points: The main
measures that can be taken to eradicate alcohol consumption are creating
awareness and designing the discouraging pricing mechanism on alcohol products.
(Transition)
Firstly, I am going to talk about the effects of drinking alcohol.
Body
Effects of drinking
alcohol
- Main
point – Alcohol consumption results in
deaths, health problems, impaired judgments, and poor living standards.
Supporting
Points:
- More
than three million people die or become disabled every year from consuming
alcohol (Rehm).
- Alcohol
increases the risks of getting cancer, diabetes, and liver diseases (Rehm).
- Addicted
people spend their finances on alcohol.
(Transition) Secondly, I will be talking about
solutions to this problem.
II.
Main Point – Among possible solutions, I find the
following two to be the most effective.
Supporting
Points:
- Creating
awareness is a measure that can solve this problem (World Health Organization).
- Increasing the cost of alcohol beverages by
imposing high taxes on them will discourage consumption and trade of alcohol
products.
(Transition)
Thirdly, I am going to focus on the impacts of these solutions.
III. Main Point
– The proposed solutions are beneficial in several aspects.
Supporting
Points:
- First
and foremost, people will not die from the excessive drinking.
- Secondly,
people will avoid the risks of diseases caused by alcohol consumption.
- Lastly,
the money saved from buying an alcoholic beverage can be spent on healthy and
important things.
(Transition) The reasons mentioned above lead
to the following conclusion.
Conclusion
- Alcohol drinking habit results in
immense negative effects.
- The consequences call everyone to take
action of creating awareness to the public on reasons why we should not drink
alcohol.
Endnote:
Let’s live a healthy and sober life, free of alcohol, full of real emotions!
Works Cited
Rehm, Jürgen. “The Risks Associated
With Alcohol Use and Alcoholism.” Alcohol Research Current Reviews,
vol.34, no.2, 2011, p.130, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3307043/.
Accessed 25 June 2019.
World Health Organization.
“Alcohol.” World Health Organization, 2018,
www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/alcohol. Accessed 25 June 2019.