Alcohol Abuse Advice

Many people believe alcohol is a vice – some kind of moral deficiency. Why alcoholism officially qualifies as a disease is primarily because the progression of the disease is predictable and alcohol addiction has been linked to a genetic predisposition. Alcoholism is recognized by the medical community as a disease as defined by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the World Health Organization.

Studies performed in the US, Wales, Sweden, and Australia, to name a few, indicate that one of the primary causes of alcoholism is genetic. In the Australian study for example, over 6,000 twins were participants and not only was the conclusion of the study that alcoholism is genetic, but the earlier in life the person starts drinking the more likely it is that the alcohol will kick these genes into gear, causing an addiction to alcohol. Alcoholism is an illness no different than any other disease.

A person suffering with alcohol addiction for the most part will tell you that that their drinking is out of control, that they cannot stop drinking, and they know they need help. With this disease or illness comes a craving for alcohol that is all but unstoppable. No one makes the choice to become an alcoholic.

The other contributors to the disease are environment, cultural, and a person’s individual personality.

If an individual grows up in a household that promotes drinking, whether there is excessive drinking in the family or the family has a favorable view of drinking alcohol, they will be more likely to drink themselves.

In a school environment, if excessive drinking is common among a person’s friends and acquaintances and the genetic predisposition is there, the possibility of addiction is increased.

Alcohol addiction has reached crisis levels in some cultures where daily drinking is prevalent and the drinking age is lower.

With the individual personality, those prone to depression and anxiety will be more apt to drink to alleviate these symptoms. And in combination with the alcohol genetic predisposition and an environment that encourages drinking, the possibility of developing an addiction to alcohol increases dramatically.

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