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Common Causes of Alcoholism
Preventing Alcoholism through Education
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Common Causes of Alcoholism.
Alcoholism usually starts with you drinking in small quantities but it slowly becomes a
habit. Perhaps you start drinking to overcome stress or seek refuge from certain
problems.
You find it difficult to quit and, eventually, this inclination becomes an addiction. You
become dependent on alcohol to help you get over sorrows, miseries, disappointments,
injuries, and the like. You feel that you can combat everything in this world if you have a
drink.
Unfortunately, this is a total misconception. Instead, you lose your capabilities and
become a slave to your drinking habit.
Alcoholics develop their dependence for a variety of reasons, no two are likely to be
identical. There are no proven causes that are specific to particular age groups.
Everyone is influenced to various degrees by peer pressures, disappointments,
accidents and tragedies, whatever their age and social situation.
Children and grandchildren of alcoholics may be more likely to become alcoholics due to
environmental influences and certain genetic or biochemical abnormalities but other
children from similar backgrounds are able to make their own successful paths through
life.
The offspring of alcoholic parents may possess greater capacity to consume alcohol and
they try to indulge in more drinks than their mates to show off their capability. This acts
as an initial boost along the path to you turning into an alcoholic.
Some people say that they are better able to relax with a drink. Some others start
drinking just for the fun of it, to be a part of their peer group or to satisfy their
curiosity and find what it feels like.
Some other people feel that consuming alcohol provides them with relief from their
physical and psychological traumas; it acts as a de-stressor for them.
Unfortunately, this is their misconception. Drinking only temporarily numbs the
nerves and brain. You become mentally incapable of discerning your problems and
finding proper solutions to them.
A single drink leads to many more; you slowly develop a regular pattern (really a hard-
to-break habit) and then you become an addict, unable to survive without alcohol.
It is not just a quiet drink in the evening. Instead, it develops to drinking all throughout
the day or, rather, all your waking hours. With addiction, you lose count of time, day
and night; you wake up or are conscious at odd hours and always drink away your time.
There are exceptions to this, some alcoholics have greater sustaining strength and they
continue with their relatively normal lives until the late and most serious stages.
You might attempt to see your psychiatrist as a way to fix your problem. But your
negative mental state, already induced by the alcohol, fills your mind with anxiety,
tension, depression, loneliness, gloominess, and discontent. These symptoms all
encourage you to just take more alcohol which worsens your state.
Initially, you drink to overcome or forget these problems. However, drinking gradually
weans you away from normal life and you create your own problems like;
- irregular attendance at place of work leading to financial problems,
- lack of social life with family and friends leading to marital discord and distancing
with peer groups,
- indulgence in illegal and wrong activities, etc.
Although you took to alcohol to overcome problems, you accumulate more by excessive
drinking and find it almost impossible to break the vicious circle.
Alcoholism is not due to any blemishes or irregular features of a person’s character.
Many people label alcoholics as having always been of loose, immoral, or defective
character. Even some in the medical community view them in a similar way but the
causes for alcoholism are varied and diverse. It can grip and destroy any type of
person, whatever their abilities and accomplishments.
Only you can attribute your drinking habit to any particular cause.
Preventing Alcoholism Through Education
If alcoholic tendencies are to be curbed in people’s formative years, it is vital to educate
parents and children about the dangers and ongoing ill effects of alcoholism through the
community and in schools.
Promotion of strategies to cope with alcohol is through talks, lectures, question-answer
sessions, distribution of pamphlets, seminars and coordinated treatment programs
through social organizations. There are many support organizations like Marlborough,
Massachusetts-based SADD (Students Against Drunk Driving), Al-Anon and Al-A-Teen.
Where to Start
Treatment programs include educating alcoholics about the ill-effects and harmful
consequences of alcoholism. The treatment starts with the alcoholics themselves, as
they need to understand and accept consequences of their drinking on the families such
as depression, broken relationships, alcoholism of their children and family,
unemployment etc.
Then we must develop self-care instructions. Your drinking is responsible for all your
woes and you have to decide to put a stop to it.
You can analyze situations, causes and factors which encourage your drinking and avoid
them. It is easier said than done, so do not push yourself too hard too soon or you
could relapse into your drinking habit.
Instead, set realistic goals and focus your mind with activities like meditation, exercises,
and hobbies.
Avoid caffeine and have a set pattern of going to bed and getting up in the morning.
Insomnia is a predominant feature in the first weeks of your road back, but it becomes
better in later weeks.
Your family has an important part in the preventive techniques. All your family members
need to take part in talks and counseling sessions. Self-help groups continue their
treatment for around a year as you slowly learn to adjust to a life without alcohol.
Aftercare programs continue for another year with similar activities, but on a smaller
scale.
Religious institutions like churches also play a very important role in educating people
about alcoholism. Churches normally have a wide range of individuals of all age groups.
This helps to get the message deep in to the hearts of more people.
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The above is an extract from the ebook "Take Control of Alcohol".
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Dear Reader,
As you read this letter, you will see that there is no "hype." There is much that could
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verbiage. Much of that could be written as humor.
However, alcoholism is not a laughing matter and our discussion here deserves serious
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We see and hear the statistics on television all the time. More and more people are
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Alcoholism is spiraling out of control here in the US and abroad. Perhaps you can
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The chances are very high that you have a friend or family member who is abusing
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Ignoring the problem only exacerbates the situation. Sometimes the only course of
action is intervention, usually by loved ones. That's why it is so important to be
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40% of alcoholics in the US are women?
High alcohol content in the body reduces immune system ability to fight
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Alcoholism is cancerous by itself and causes cancer of various body organs?
Women encounter higher health risks due to alcoholism than men?
Beer does not have a lower intoxication effect than wine or spirits?
Everyone is at risk for alcoholism. It touches men, women, teens and the elderly.
Without help it is very difficult to stop drinking. The biggest problem is denial.
Many people will look at a list of symptoms, shrug their shoulders and tell themselves,
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