Eng. 101 Alcoholism is a Disease In the U.S alone over 15 million people are currently affected by alcoholism. Alcoholism is a chronic and progressive disease that includes problems controlling your drinking‚ being preoccupied with alcohol‚ continuing to use alcohol even when it causes problems‚ having to drink more to get the same effect (physical dependence) or having withdrawal symptoms when you rapidly decrease or stop drinking. Alcoholism is a chemical disease because it breaks down differently
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The American Medical Association (AMA) declared that Alcoholism was an illness in 1956. However‚ many still argue that it is not a disease‚ but something that people can control. Many also believe that alcoholism is a mind thought‚ meaning some get addicted to things easier than others. Many have a more addictive personality than some. Alcoholism is a real thing that many people struggle with because of the addictive mindset they hold. Although many people say it’s a disease‚ but it is argued that
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Alcoholism An illness characterized by significant impairment that is directly associated with persistent and excessive use of alcohol. What is alcoholism? Alcoholism is an illness characterized by significant impairment that is associated with persistent and excessive use of alcohol. Impairment may include physiological‚ psychological or social dysfunction. Psychologically speaking‚ alcoholism has less to do with “how much” someone is drinking‚ and more to do with what happens when they
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* * Medicalization of Alcoholism: * Moral Issue or Disease of the Will? * * * * * Charmaine Tan Xin Yi * A0085302N * Discussion Group: E2 * Bachelor of Science (Nursing) * AY2012/2013 Semester 2 * 25th March 2013 * This paper focuses on the medicalisation of alcoholism. Through the critique of the medical discourse of alcoholism‚ the paper seeks to understand better the social process in which alcoholism has changed from a moral issue
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The article Alcoholism and Genes was mainly concerning the issue between a person’s genes and how it can affect if they develop alcoholism in their later years. This occurs with the development of the ALDH1‚ which seems to be more present in the Asian race rather than the European community due to their blood. The ALDH1 gene breaks down acetaldehyde (breakdown product of alcohol) and when there is a different variation in a person’s genes‚ the enzyme works slower. In Asians‚ when they have alcohol
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Irish fiction is a unique genre that dives deep into the realities of many Irish families and how these realities both help and hinder them. These realities include alcoholism as well as strong family values. Alcoholism and family values have both helped and hindered Irish families as shown through The Snapper‚ by Roddy Doyle‚ with Sharon’s drinking while pregnant and her family handling her pregnancy as well as The Butcher Boy‚ by Pat McCabe‚ with Francie’s alcoholic dad and his family lacking
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Christopher Prailleau English lV CP Cathy Threatt 30 March 2012 Alcoholism What can be done to help a person who is a victim of alcoholism? Alcoholism is a serious problem in today’s society. It is very important that the public‚ including the large groups of people who abuse alcohol has the knowledge as much as possible about the symptoms and effects of alcoholism‚ but that the public also fatalities‚ injuries‚ and sees diseases caused from the use and abuse of alcohol. The reasons that an alcoholic
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The Impacts of PTSD and Alcoholism and Treatment Options among Gulf War Veterans GRAD 716 Sullivan University Brent Casey January 21‚ 2011 The Impacts of PTSD and Alcoholism and Treatment Options among Gulf War Veterans Introduction The purpose of this paper is to investigate and analyze the lived experiences of Gulf War veterans who are in treatment or recovering from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and alcoholism. Approximately 697‚000
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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
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Teenage Alcoholism By Austin J. Russell December 14‚ 2011 Teenage drinking. What is it about drinking that teenagers find so attractive? Social influences? Confidence? Respect from others? The focus of this article is on why the highest percentage of alcohol drinkers is young people and teenagers like me and the reasons behind that percentage. Statistics show that the highest percentage of alcoholics‚ at least in the United States lies in the younger population. This figure is 31.5% (www
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