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Alcoholism is the consumption of or preoccupation with alcoholic beverages to the extent that this behavior interferes with the alcoholic’s normal personal, family, social, or work life. The chronic alcohol consumption caused by alcoholism can result in psychological and physiological disorders. Alcoholism is one of the world’s most costly drug use problems; with the exception of nicotine addiction, alcoholism is more costly to most countries than all other drug use problems combined.
While alcohol use is required to trigger alcoholism, the biological mechanism of alcoholism is uncertain. For most people, moderate alcohol consumption poses little danger of addiction. Other factors must exist for alcohol use to develop into alcoholism. These factors may include a person’s social environment, emotional health and genetic predisposition. In addition, an alcoholic can develop multiple forms of addiction to alcohol simultaneously such as psychological, metabolic, and neurochemical. Each type of addiction must be treated individually for an alcoholic to fully recover.
– from wikipedia.org
The action of alcohol on the stomach is extremely dangerous. It becomes unable to produce the natural digestive fluid in sufficient quantity and also fails to absorb the food which it may imperfectly digest.
What is the overall outlook of alcoholism on average? What basic information would be useful to consider? Look at this information and decide what you need to research further.
Some information shows that with Americans somewhere around 12-14 million would be medically considered to have a drinking disorder. An estimated 17% or more Americans have abused [...]
Drunk driving is the act of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol to the degree that mental and motor skills are impaired. Drunk driving is illegal in all jurisdictions of the United States.
As much as parents may not like to think about it, the truth is that many kids and teens try alcohol during their high school and college years, long before it is legal for them to drink it. Some research has shown that nearly 80% of high school kids have tried alcohol.
Alcoholism can be defined as: a disease that includes the craving for alcohol and continued drinking despite repeated alcohol-related problems, such as losing a job, or getting into trouble with the law.
Alcohol misuse is a growing issue within the workplace. Alcoholism affects people in all social and economic situations, and its effects can be found in both white- and blue-collar jobs. Though the common stereotype is that alcoholics are homeless and unemployed, it has been estimated that around 75% of alcoholics are employed full-time.