American Experience. Freedom Summer | Article. Fannie Lou Hamer. Fannie Lou Hamer was born in 1917, the 20th child of Lou Ella and James Lee Townsend, sharecroppers east of the Mississippi Delta. She first joined her family in the cotton fields at the age of six.
Binge drinking and continued alcohol use in large amounts are associated with many health problems, including: 1  Unintentional injuries such as car crash, falls, burns, drowning. 2  Intentional injuries such as firearm injuries, sexual assault, domestic violence.  Increased on-the-job injuries and loss of productivity.
Alcohol also has a mild anti-coagulating effect, keeping platelets from clumping together to form clots. Both actions can reduce risk of heart attack but exactly how alcohol influences either one still remains unclear. On the other hand, drinking more than three drinks a day has a direct toxic effect on the heart. Heavy drinking, particularly over time, can damage the heart and lead to high blood pressure, alcoholic cardiomyopathy, (enlarged and weakened heart), congestive heart failure, and stroke. Heavy drinking puts more fat into the circulation in your body, raising your triglygeride level.