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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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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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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Since teens are in an impressionable age‚ when they see people around them smoking‚ they get instigated to try it and then it becomes a habit‚ increasing the incidence of teen smoking. Moreover‚ asthma and ear infections are commonly seen in children who live around smokers‚ so if it is banned in public places‚ these places will become safe for children and teens‚ health-wise. Looking from the economic point of view‚ since smoking is a major
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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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international movement created to help alcoholics to recover and live better‚ alcohol free lives. It was found by Bill Wilson and Robert Holbrook Smith in 1935. Robert Holbrook Smith was a doctor who struggled with an alcohol problem since his teens that tried unsuccessfully for many years to get rid of. His alcoholism had a progressing negative impact on his life such as his profession and family life. It even got to the point where he could not stay ‘calm’ or be productive in his work place without a
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Alcoholism in Hungary The effects of excessive drinking among young people. Bad influence or just having occasional fun? 1. Introducing the problem Immoderate drinking and its consequences cause a lot of problem today in Hungary. Approximately every tenth person has problems with alcohol and beside this our society is very forgiving towards this fact. 8000 people die because of drinking every year. Average a Hungarian person drinks 12 liters of clean alcohol yearly‚ and this is higher and higher
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Treatments of Alcoholism Alcoholism can destroy the life of an alcoholic and devastate the alcoholic ’s family. But it also has overwhelming consequences for society. Consider these statistics from the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence: *In 1988‚ alcoholism and problems related to it cost the United States an estimated $85.8 billion in mortality and reduced productivity; *Fetal alcohol syndrome‚ caused by a woman ’s drinking during pregnancy‚ afflicts five thousand infants
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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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