back to life before the event or trauma happen. When you suffer with PTSD‚ sometimes you can hide PTSD by doing different methods so that the world don’t know anything about it by dancing‚ exercise‚ some uses alcohol and drugs‚ and/or become a workaholic. PTSD can cause sleep disorders‚ suicide‚ panic disorder‚ substance abuse‚ depression and there is others. In addition‚ physical medical problems also increase and can include cardiac‚ dental‚ intestinal and digestive diseases. Some physicians
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teenager is not counseled properly‚ eventually resulted to suicide incidents. Introduction “I am a failure‚ a drunk‚ and a liar. I am hopeless and I want to die.” The words stated above was said by a teenager named Harold Hughes who became an alcoholic for about 10 years and soon committed suicide. At first‚ he tried alcohol out of curiosity but unfortunately‚ he had ended up in committing suicide. Nowadays‚ alcoholism and suicidal problems are getting bigger and bigger. Many teenagers get into
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Alcoholism: Symptoms‚ Causes‚ and Effects Composition I April 1‚ 1997 Alcoholism is a disease that affects many people in the United States today. It not only affects the alcoholic‚ but also their family‚ friends‚ co- workers‚ and eventually total strangers. The symptoms are many‚ as are the causes and the effects. Alcoholism is defined as a pattern of drinking in which harmful consequences result for the drinker‚ yet‚ they continue to drink. There are two types of drinkers. The first type
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family‚ mainly the children of these families and if having an alcoholic in your family can affect the family’s future and feelings about alcohol as a whole in anyway. I chose this topic because I grew up with my dad being an alcoholic. I still remember knowing what was going on throughout the process of it. He unfortunately died when I was young‚ he was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver. From my personal experience having an alcoholic in the family did affect my whole family‚ and still affects
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The Oxford Dictionary defines alcoholism as‚ “an addiction to the consumption of alcoholic liquor or the mental illness and compulsive behavior resulting from alcohol dependency. (Oxford Dictionary). Moderate use of alcohol may have a beneficial effect on the human body. However‚ when alcohol is consumed in large amounts in a short period of time‚ and on a regular basis‚ that person is at risk of becoming addicted to alcohol. (Health Check Systems). One major issue of alcoholism‚ is when a person
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the family dynamics which may perpetuate the behavior of the alcoholic. The most notable position prolonging the addict’s behavior is the person who takes the role of the enabler. This person will keep the alcoholic from seeking help by assisting or supporting them in their habit. The enabler can be a wife‚ a mother‚ or a friend‚ but it is usually someone who cares very much for
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affected by alcoholism other than the person drinking‚ is their spouse. Domestic violence often results when there is an alcoholic in the family. According to G. Berger’s book “Alcoholism and the Family”‚ 75% of domestic violence cases involve a family member who suffers from alcoholism. Another ways that the spouse is hurt by alcoholism is infidelity‚ meaning that their alcoholic partner is unfaithful to their marriage. As a result‚ "most relationships affected by alcoholism end up in divorce" (Foster)
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lives of the alcoholics themselves but also has an extended and even lifelong effect on the lives of their family members. Alcoholism affects individuals in the workplace‚ where the alcoholic ’s work performance is usually impaired‚ and in the general economy‚ where the overall work productivity is shortchanged when all alcoholics are considered. Yet according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)‚ some studies of primary care practices have shown that alcoholics receive an
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addiction/disease that may start out just by drinking with friends on the weekends socially. The general alcoholic is one whom starts drinking socially and then recognizes that they are unable to stop like some of their friends. Eventually they begin to develop a tolerance and have to actually drink more to feel the same feelings the felt before. Once they realize they are becoming an alcoholic is when they actually start drinking alone or think that they have to drink just to study for tests. The
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Marketing and Youth at Georgetown University. (2007‚ January 8). Introduction. Retrieved January 8‚ 2007 from http://camy.org/research/statelaws0403/ The Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth at Georgetown University USC.(2006). Risk factors for alcoholic liver disease. Retrieved January‚13 2006 from http://www.surgery.usc.edu/divisions/ hep/livernewsletter.
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