Alcohol is a drug‚ and when a person consumes alcohol‚ it has an effect on many body systems. The effects begin to occur as soon as the alcohol enters the blood stream. Certain types of alcohol enter the bloodstream more quickly than others. Also‚ whether or not a person has eaten and how much he or she has eaten can affect how quickly the body absorbs any alcohol that is consumed. Individuals become addicted to alcohol because of the chemical and physical reactions that excessive alcohol use causes
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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 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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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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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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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 of drinking to a
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Emile Durkheim was one of the most influential people to write about suicide and its causes. Suicide had previously been thought to be a moral and psychological problem whereas Durkheim related suicide to sociological problems in modern society. He believed and worked to prove that suicide was not related to individualism but linked to the effects of the external influences of modern society. External social influences upon an individual covered the broad and varied aspects such as culture‚ religion
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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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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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common aspect between depression and alcoholism. Although depression and alcoholism is considered to be from an individual’s standpoint‚ these diseases can cause an individual from not contributing to society. Society can be compare to a bicycle‚ whereas each individual can be compare to a link from the bicycle chain‚ and the bicycle needs the chain to keep moving forward. However‚ if the bicycle chain is damaged from wear and tear (depression and alcoholism)‚ then the bicycle will lose its purpose
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