Richard Gregory
1/30/09
Alcoholism is inherited; studies show that 60% of potentially being an alcoholic is genetic. If you are a child to a parent that abused alcohol you are 4 times more likely to abuse alcohol yourself. Don’t worry, if your parent was an alcoholic that doesn’t immediately make you an alcoholic also. If your responsible and can control your drinking than you should be fine. Women are also more likely to start drinking because at a younger age, when drinking habits start to form, women suffer from more depression and anxiety which would eventually lead to more drinking. A man’s liver can also take in 2 times the amount of alcohol a woman’s liver can. If statistics don’t prevent people from abusing alcohol, it’s not too late to get help. There are therapy sessions, alcoholic anonymous groups, and medications to help people get over their alcoholic ways.
People need to become aware of all the negative things that come from abusing alcohol especially at this college age when a lot of people binge-drink and don’t really know the long-term effects of abusing alcohol. People that have problems drinking alcohol also need to know that there is help for them out there. If you can realize that you have a problem controlling your drinking, you must seek help because people are always willing to help out. If someone does get help with their drinking ways, they will also see positive things in other aspects of their life. They will become more responsible, healthier, be able to do better work at their job, and perform better in school.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/29/alcohol.dependence/index.html
1 comment:
The biggest problem is actually realizing you have a drinking problem. FOr a lot of people, they feel they do not have a problem therefore do not seek help. People go through denial especially if they do not want to think they could ever have a drinking problem.
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