Essay about alcoholism

Randomly, people will turn their drinking habits into a reason why to drink. Whether they drink to just have fun, to release some stress, or because they drink to help with various sorts of problems. Often, the alcoholic in the family starts drinking too much, causing the family to always be on edge and be cautious with his mood swings, because they never know how they’ll end up acting. Often in times a sign of abuse on alcohol is when ¨Legal problems, such as being arrested or harming someone else while drunk¨ said researchers in Talbott Recovery. Once the alcoholic figures what kind of power they have over the family, they’ll often tend to use it in a more manipulative way, to make sure they get what they want in the end of the day. And when they’re drunk, they could care less about the family and just desire to get another bottle, and to let their emotions/actions lash out. That is when a person ends up becoming an

Alcoholism can cause emotional disengagement, and the family experiencing negative emotions and withdraws all together (Ackerman, 272). Each member of the family will react differently to the conditions that the alcoholic brings into the home, but there are a few things that can be identified that each member of the family will commonly experience. The spouse of the alcoholic will tend to try and shelter any children and deny any problems that they may face for their sake. They will shun the idea that the alcoholic has a problem and just keep living, but this can cause much more damage than it will save. Even though the spouse tries to ignore the problem, it still remains. Nothing will be solved and things will further worsen. When the spouse tries to deny all of the issues, they ultimately just isolate

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, seventy six million Americans have been exposed to alcoholism in the family. That means one out of four families is affected by an alcoholic, making alcoholism responsible for more family problems than any other single cause (Parsons). Alcoholism is a disease that not only affects the individual, but also everyone around the alcoholic. Alcoholics can make irrational decisions that are harmful not only to themselves but also to the people around them. These irrational decisions can cause financial instability for the household which, in turn, contributes to neglect.

Alcoholism is a demon, a disease, something reached for out of desperation. It helps with a person 's problem by deadening their senses, and increasing his problems at the same time by destroying his character. When you drink, you don 't have to think about all your problems, you can just let the alcohol wash them away from your mind. But it can never take away all your problems—they still remain, just your sense to care for them is gone. Alcoholism has a great chance to pass on to later generations, but sometimes growing up in an alcoholic family will make the children swear off the drink because they have seen what it can turn people into. It turns them into the basic raw human emotion of grief. They are miserable for alcohol is the only thing that can make them feel normal after awhile, their entire bodies ache for it. Even when they have given up drinking, their bodies can revert back after having just one drop again. Yes, alcoholism is truly a terrifying disease of the mind and body—not just to the addict, but also to the loved ones

Alcohol abuse is a serious health problem when it comes to college students. "The average amount of binge drinkers on college campuses is 50% of men and 39% of women" (<a href="http://www.oregoncounseling.org/ArticlesPapers/">http://www.oregoncounseling.org/ArticlesPapers/</a>). There are various reasons why students drink and serious short and long term effects on the body and mind. Alcoholism is a serious problem for college students and there are many actions being taken to try to lessen the problem among colleges throughout the country.

Alcoholism is a primary, chronic disease with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. The disease is often progressive and fatal. Alcoholism is a complex disease with physical, social and psychological consequences, but it can be treated through detoxification and anti-anxiety drugs. What will be explained in this essay is basically the history of alcohol, signs of one possibly being an alcoholic, possibilities to why one becomes an alcoholic, and treatments for it.

     A person does not have to drink every day in order to be considered an

Alcohol has the most affect on the family. Many alcoholics do not believe this because they think what they do has no affect on their family and friends. But often times the

Alcohol is the drug most commonly abused compared to other illegal drugs. Alcoholism in the Merriam Webster is defined as as a chronic, progressive, fatal disorder marked by excessive and usually compulsive drinking of alcohol leading to psychological and physical dependence or addiction. In families, “alcoholism can become a powerful organizer of family life, altering the details of daily routines as well as special occasions [however], not all families suffer the consequences of alcoholism in the same way” (Bennett, Wolin, Reiss and Teitelbaum). Although it may be the case in which each family does not go through the same issues, it still has an influence on their daily routine where it becomes difficult for them to successfully fulfill them.

Change of behavior caused by alcohols has negative impacts on one's surrounding and will, eventually, creates a rift among loved ones. Alcoholic can do anything without thinking for the future as long as they get the money to buy alcohol, ones may use the rental money for the house to buy alcohol and the worst case could happen is he loses his jobs. With this, drinker cannot be dependent on and divorce is inevitable as he could no longer support his family. Not few child abuse cases caused by alcoholic parents. Studies have shown that "2/3 of child abuse case involves alcohol" ("Facts about alcohol"). Family members also began to avoid friends, hide problems and cover up for the drinker as they are ashamed of their family member who is alcoholic. "More than one-half of American adults have a close family member who has or has had alcoholism" ("Dawson and Grant") Moreover, there is higher chances for their teenager child to be alcoholic too as they are used to seeing their parents drunk.

The first article I studied was a systematic review and meta-analysis on the effects of brief alcohol interventions on drinking and driving among youth. This study evaluated whether brief alcohol interventions (BAIs) were effective in reducing the number of adolescents that drive after drinking. “Brief interventions refer to a broad family of interventions that can vary in length, structure, delivery personnel, underpinning theory, and philosophy” (Steinka-Fry, et al., 2015, para. 9). The significant feature of this style of intervention is the short duration, and this study focused on interventions within 5 hours or less. A few therapeutic components of a BAI highlighted in this article included one or more of the following:

Growing up in a home with an alcoholic is not easy. As far back as I can remember, I never had a positive relationship with my dad. My parents were always arguing about his drinking. Almost every night I could count on him stumbling through the door, late for supper, slurring his words, eyes glossed over and lying about where he had been. The only time I saw him sober was in the mornings or on the weekends. Our encounters were always uneasy because of his lack of involvement in my life and his effort in trying to make up for his drunken antics.

It’s no surprise that people like to drink. Alcohol has been a source of pleasure and entertainment from the dawn of time dating back to Greece in 2700 BC, but in the modern age alcohol consumption has taken on a new form of binge drinking or consuming as much alcohol as possible in minimal time. This practice taking shape mostly in the United States has become a large concern for parents and law enforcement due to its clear and potentially dangerous outcomes. Teens now drink to get drunk rather than enjoying the social interactions of having a beverage. This is where the US trails off from other accompanying nations in how people and more specifically teens perceive drinking from such a young age leading to a clear divide between the US and the rest of the world. In a study done by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, teens ages 12-20 are responsible for 11 percent of all alcohol consumed in the United States however, they reported that they consumed 90% of their alcohol by binge drinking. This compares to many European nations which till recently didn’t even have a term to describe binge drinking because the concept was so foreign to them. This presents one question, why? Why do the 41,731,233 teenagers in our nation grow up thinking that the only way to drink a beer is by chugging it though a funnel while hiding from parents. Why have we deviated so far from the path of social norms that for once the US is an outlier.

Alcoholism is a very serious disease, which can cause illness, death, injuries, schooling problems, family breakups, and crime. It is a proven fact the alcohol kills more people than any other illegal drugs combined. However, alcohol courses freely through American society, from college bars to corporate lunches. In a recent journal article by The Scientist, it is stated, "Technology shows alcohol abuse changes brain's molecular programming and circuitry? (Scientist). Thus revealing that alcohol is a quick fix that will hurt us all in the long run.

Alcohol is the number one drug problem among America’s youth. More senior high school students use alcohol than any other psychoactive drug. Family doctors, pediatricians, schoolteachers, and parents know that alcohol is overwhelmingly the drug of choice among today’s youth, although trendier substances such as cocaine are often given more attention in the headlines (Carla Felsted, p. vii). Furthermore, it is widely acknowledged that drinking alcohol is a part of the youth culture in America; it may also be understood as a culturally conditioned and socially controlled behavior.