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8. Avoid Drugs and Alcohol
Excessive alcohol consumption is damaging to your liver, can cause fetal alcohol syndrome, car accidents, and common accidents such as falling down and hitting your head. One glass of wine with dinner is fine, three is too much. You should also avoid street drugs such as cocaine, heroin or pain pills that have not been prescribed for you for obvious reasons. Street drugs are often diluted with all sorts of dangerous substances. Also, in order to obtain drugs, many people end up putting themselves in dangerous situations. If you need help getting off of them, talk to your doctor.
9. Practice Safe Living Habits
Common accidents in the home cause thousands of injuries, many of them permanent, each year. The most common accidents are fires, falls, and drowning. Install smoke detectors (carbon dioxide detectors are a great idea too) and check the batteries twice per year. Secure throw rugs and never walk around in the dark, no matter how long you have lived somewhere or how well you think you know your own home. If you don’t know how, learn to swim. The Red Cross conducts classes in almost all public swimming pools, or ask if your local community college or gym has classes. Even infants just months old can learn to turn over and float on their back, saving their lives. Be certain everyone in your family knows how to swim, even if you don’t have a pool at your home.
10. Protect Yourself
Don’t put yourself in unsafe situations, and seek protection from people who are violent or threaten your life. Don’t allow yourself to believe the old “it won’t happen again” line. People who are violent once will be violent again; it’s only a matter of time. Use that time to free yourself from their world.
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