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Does Stress Always Lead to Drinking
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Alcoholism Related to Stress.
Stress is a subjective feeling of tension due to such physical or mental pressures as
injury, illness, fear, depression, sexual activities or extreme temperatures.
These reactions are magnified in an alcoholic and cause them to seek more alcohol for
the relief they, mistakenly, think that it gives them.
How your body responds to stress
Your body needs to maintain its stable state (in medical terms – homeostasis) for
normal functioning of all your vital organs. Stressors in the form of contribute to
disturbance of this state.
Your body triggers a set of physiological responses to combat stress and regain its
internal balance. When there is continual stress, your body also changes its behavioral
patterns to adapt to the stress.
Response to stress involves coordination between your body’s central nervous system,
cardiovascular system and adrenal system. Disturbances in your homeostasis state
leads to the release of corticotrophin (CRF) in the hypothalamus gland of your brain.
This CRF immediately passes into your blood and makes your pituitary gland release
adrenocorticotrophin hormone (ACTH). This, in turn, causes secretion of glucocorticoid
hormones from your adrenal glands.
These hormones are body steroids which responding to stress and are responsible for
eradicating it.
Stress response affects functioning of all your major body organs like kidneys,
gastrointestinal tract, etc and also affects your other body functions like appetite,
vigilance, arousal, body temperature, mood, etc.
Your body directs more oxygen and nutrients to the stressed parts of your body for
faster recovery and return to a stable homeostasis state.
However, recognition of stress and the effectiveness of the resultant responses differ
from individual to individual. This mainly depends on genetic factors and environmental
influences since infancy.
Is Stress Harmful?
Small amounts of stress in bursts do not bring about any large changes in your body’s
homeostasis state. However, prolonged stress produce harmful effects in your body’s
functions. The effects could include damage to cells which could lead to defective
learning and memory retention, retarded growth and immune system dysfunction.
Does Stress Always Lead to Drinking Problems and
Alcoholism?
Stress is a major cause of alcoholism but stress does not inevitably lead to drinking
problems and alcoholism. Numerous surveys, reports and studies show that many
people start drinking to excess due to stressful conditions like marital problems,
economic and job problems etc.
Incidence of stress-related problems with alcohol is higher in cases where there is a lack
of social and familial support. Stress and consumption of alcohol increase together; the
higher the stress, the greater alcohol consumption.
But, it is not always true that you take to drinking when you experience stress.
It depends on many factors, including;
• Your usual drinking habits,
• Your genetic buildup and response to stress,
• The degree of stress,
• The extent of your self-control over stress,
• The social support available to you during stress, and
• Your expectation of relief from stress through drinking alcohol.
In all, stress leading to alcoholism is an individualistic condition. If you want to avoid it,
you can do so and regain homeostasis state through other means.
Scientific studies indicate greater inclinations towards consumption of alcohol due to
stress prevalent in people that had prolonged stress during infancy and childhood. Such
early stressful situations can cause permanent alterations in their hormonal stress
response which, in due course, offers a different response than normal to alcoholic
consumption. Real life examples show a marked increase in alcohol consumption during
natural disasters like floods, volcanic eruptions etc in the vicinity. Drinking will occur
during or in anticipation of the stress.
Does Drinking Relieve or Induce Stress
Small doses of alcohol can bring down stress levels. You drink to reduce a particular
stressor and, in turn, cause stressful reactions in your body and behavior.
In other words, you do something, seeking relief, but which produces a similar effect as
the stress caused. This is a challenging paradox of life where your stress response
seems to prod you to drink more so that you will experience higher levels of excitement.
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