Imagine walking home from a night out with friends and you pass a bar. You look inside and see a man with his hands around an empty glass, holding on to it like his life depends on it. That man spends all of his nights like that, drinking and spending his money on a temporary escape. This is one of the many forms alcoholism comes in. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, this is the chilling reality of 16.6 million adults over the age of eighteen in the United States alone. “An estimated 20 to 40 percent of patients in large urban hospitals are there because of illnesses that have been caused or made worse by their drinking” (pubs.niaaa.nih.gov). Alcohol is consumed by many people in the U.S. and crimes such
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While researching, I came across a website that I just could not believe the audacity of. They said, “Staying sober is easy yet many people fail” (www.alcoholrehab.com). A great number of those who seek sobriety put so much effort into it. They suffered and they feel like they need alcohol to survive. By saying it is easy to stay sober is undermining the problems millions of people have on a daily basis when trying to maintain their sobriety. These people strive to stay sober and they need the support they deserve in order to do that. By just saying that staying sober is easy does not help anyone because for many adults, and other young people, it is a long and hard uphill …show more content…
For it to be the leading risk in premature death among people 15-49 years old is insane to me. However, with the proper support and the increase of awareness in today’s world, alcohol addiction can be treated and excessive drinking among adults and young people will decrease. As more and more alcoholics seek help and get treatment, they become living proof that sobriety is attainable. There are so many people willing to help alcoholics obtain sobriety and maintain it which is fantastic and a tremendous step forward. Therefore, we must all join together as human beings to overcome this issue and form a better world one less drink at a
While researching, I came across a website that I just could not believe the audacity of. They said, “Staying sober is easy yet many people fail” (www.alcoholrehab.com). A great number of those who seek sobriety put so much effort into it. They suffered and they feel like they need alcohol to survive. By saying it is easy to stay sober is undermining the problems millions of people have on a daily basis when trying to maintain their sobriety. These people strive to stay sober and they need the support they deserve in order to do that. By just saying that staying sober is easy does not help anyone because for many adults, and other young people, it is a long and hard uphill …show more content…
For it to be the leading risk in premature death among people 15-49 years old is insane to me. However, with the proper support and the increase of awareness in today’s world, alcohol addiction can be treated and excessive drinking among adults and young people will decrease. As more and more alcoholics seek help and get treatment, they become living proof that sobriety is attainable. There are so many people willing to help alcoholics obtain sobriety and maintain it which is fantastic and a tremendous step forward. Therefore, we must all join together as human beings to overcome this issue and form a better world one less drink at a