Alcoholics Anonymous

scarce and expensive, so why waste them on alcoholics who are likely going to relapse to alcohol drinking after the liver transplant? According to Mayo Clinic in 2014 there were more than 16,000 patients on the waiting list for a liver transplant, but there were only 4,500 liver donors available that year. Half of the patient on the waiting list have end stage liver disease due to alcohol. We all are sure that this will raise the question whether alcoholics should compete for the liver…

According to studies done by the University of Amsterdam, a blood alcohol content of .04 can begin to hinder the ability to reason quickly and understand mistakes, supporting the belief by some that failure to use proper judgement does not start at the legal limit, it may start as early as half of the limit. During the study, Richard Ridderinkhof and his peers studied what they named the brain 's "oops" response which can be electronically monitored in a part of the brain called the anterior…

observe. The meeting took place at a local church. The parking lot was well lit which dispersed my pre-conceived notion. When I finally entered the building, all the members were in a circle listening to a guest speaker talking about his life as an alcoholic. I was nervous because I thought I would be asked why I was attending the meeting but that question was never asked. I looked around to see if my pre-conceived notion of the members existed. It was a mixture of genders but the majority of…

Although it isn’t considered a drug, at time alcohol can be as bad as or worse than one. Many people have become addicted to it just like and illegal drug. Most think that alcohol is just harmless or nothing to worry about but it has lots of effects, addiction, and many don’t even understand how it works. First, to be able to understand the effects, and addiction it's important to understand how it works. When you are given the alcohol you first put it into your system by ingesting it through…

treatment that people use as an option. Outpatient treatment centers usually consist of Alcoholic Anonymous Groups and other programs designed to help abusers overcome alcoholism. People after completely inpatient treatment use outpatient treatment as a way to stay on track so that relapse is not in their future. While working in the hospital I have had to opportunity to “patient sit” several different alcoholics going through alcoholism. I got to learn their story and watch them withdrawal. I…

disease, to further psychological issues down the line. Personally, alcoholism has affected me through my dad’s side of the family. My grandpa was an alcoholic and inadvertently led my father to alcohol. My dad has been a “social drinker” for many years. “Social drinking” may work for some people, but not for my family. My dad is now classified as an alcoholic and the disease now affects our whole family. For my dad, alcoholism was both inherited and influenced by family members, but for others…

overcome her struggles helped her become the loving and passionate grandmother she is today. One Friday night at the age of 14, my grandmother had her first taste of alcohol. She was used to the atmosphere of alcohol due to the fact she had two alcoholic parents.…

There has been numerous accidents in our community that were caused by alcohol; in fact, Earl Rochester proclaims that in order to control the number of people that consume alcohol, the government should create drinking licenses. These licenses will pioneer a pathway to create a safer society between the everyday citizens and future generations. Although the people in society are responsible for their own actions, it is the job of the government in order to enforce the laws that it creates.…

suffering that alcohol can take people if they become addicted to it. Family issues become more and more severe with the presence of alcohol, to the point where children are the ones who suffer the most. Kids who see the example of their parents as alcoholics are most likely to give it a try and eventually become…

The war on drugs is an ongoing problem in the United States that will never be solved by prohibition. In this country taking things off the shelfs like alcohol and making it illegal to consume like in 1919 when the Eighteenth Amendment was passed will always cause illegal activity. The authors of the Sober Truth who quoted “in 1919, a watershed: the Eighteenth Amendment, enshrining into law a nationwide prohibition on the sale of alcohol. Any promising treatments that may have arisen between…