How Does Alcohol Affect The Family

An American citizen, Tom, is going to the average convenience store to buy himself his regular, a six-pack of Budweiser beer. Tom goes to this convenience store every day to buy himself the same thing. This wasn’t a problem until he received probation for his job, making him go part-time, and eventually making his wife and child leave him. The saddened, middle-aged Tom is just like one-third of others who drink alcohol and suffer from major depression. (“Alcohol and Depression”) Whenever a person feels like there is nothing to help solve their problems, like depression, they often rely on the effects of alcohol in order to get through their days. These people could rely on drugs, but with the easier access to alcohol, such as beer or whiskey, it is more common for …show more content…
Whenever a family member starts to rely on alcohol to get through their problems, it can cause stress to the entire family. The alcoholic starts to put drinking before anything and anyone else. With the obsessive alcohol abuse, it can lead to financial problems which soon leads to marital problems. In an article, it says, “people who drink can blow through the family budget, cause fights, ignore children, and otherwise impair the health and happiness of the people they love. Of married couples who get into physical altercations, some 60-70 percent abuse alcohol.” (“What Are the Problems & Effects of Alcoholism on Families & Marriages”) With the decrease in finances, increase in fights, and the impairment of the family’s health and happiness, the alcoholic obviously causes an immense amount of stress in their family. This stress can soon lead to divorce, breaking the family, and causing problems for everyone. As a result to their obsessive drinking, alcoholics end up tearing their family apart by focusing on alcohol only and ignoring their loved ones, leading to fights and possibly