Alcoholism Essay
12 April 2011
“The Inside Story on Alcoholism” Going back to the early 1920’s, alcoholism was an issue for many men, evident by the push for the Prohibition by many women at that point in time. Women wanted the 18th amendment so that their husbands would stop throwing their money away at bars, when many families lived from check to check, this was when the phrase “when you have a relationship with someone who is addicted, you have a relationship with an addiction, not a person” was coined by individuals in relationships with alcoholics. Saying that alcohol serves no purpose wouldn’t be telling the entire truth, in fact, alcohol does have its uses, including but not limited to cleaning wounds, and disinfecting door handles that are touched by hundreds of people every day. In the 1920’s liquor was the go to disinfectant, and sometimes medication, if only to limit the feeling of pain. Almost 100 years later, alcoholism is still an issue for many families. Children across the United States are abused, both sexually and physically, by alcoholic parents, and 25,000 people die each year from automobile collisions that did, indeed, involve alcohol (Lowe et. al). Given that anything with a molecule of OH (Hydroxide) is considered an alcohol, it would be nearly impossible to outright ban alcohol; after all, Prohibition in the 1920’s failed. Monitoring the sale of alcohol like law enforcement agencies do with Pseudoephedrine, a key component in the production of methamphetamines is pertinent to decreasing the amount of alcoholics in the United States. This in essence would lower healthcare costs for diseases associated with alcoholism, moving funding for manpower to monitor the sale of alcohol rather than cleaning up accidents, and lowering the rate at which children are physically and sexually abuse. Prohibition began in the 1920s and has been dubbed the ‘Noble Experiment,’ for it pushed the limits of the federal government’s power. This undertaking outlawed the sale,
“The Inside Story on Alcoholism” Going back to the early 1920’s, alcoholism was an issue for many men, evident by the push for the Prohibition by many women at that point in time. Women wanted the 18th amendment so that their husbands would stop throwing their money away at bars, when many families lived from check to check, this was when the phrase “when you have a relationship with someone who is addicted, you have a relationship with an addiction, not a person” was coined by individuals in relationships with alcoholics. Saying that alcohol serves no purpose wouldn’t be telling the entire truth, in fact, alcohol does have its uses, including but not limited to cleaning wounds, and disinfecting door handles that are touched by hundreds of people every day. In the 1920’s liquor was the go to disinfectant, and sometimes medication, if only to limit the feeling of pain. Almost 100 years later, alcoholism is still an issue for many families. Children across the United States are abused, both sexually and physically, by alcoholic parents, and 25,000 people die each year from automobile collisions that did, indeed, involve alcohol (Lowe et. al). Given that anything with a molecule of OH (Hydroxide) is considered an alcohol, it would be nearly impossible to outright ban alcohol; after all, Prohibition in the 1920’s failed. Monitoring the sale of alcohol like law enforcement agencies do with Pseudoephedrine, a key component in the production of methamphetamines is pertinent to decreasing the amount of alcoholics in the United States. This in essence would lower healthcare costs for diseases associated with alcoholism, moving funding for manpower to monitor the sale of alcohol rather than cleaning up accidents, and lowering the rate at which children are physically and sexually abuse. Prohibition began in the 1920s and has been dubbed the ‘Noble Experiment,’ for it pushed the limits of the federal government’s power. This undertaking outlawed the sale,
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