Alcoholics Anonymous

Driving under the influence of alcohol, otherwise known as drunk driving, is one of the leading causes of road accidents in the U.S., even though it’s illegal. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 28 people die every day due to an alcohol impaired driver, adding up to 10,265 fatalities in 2015, almost one-third of road accident related deaths in the US. However, there are numerous ways to prevent these fatalities, including, but not limited to: sobriety checkpoints and high-visibility…

Having even stricter laws may not hurt drivers in Indiana either. License suspensions should be longer. If someone is drinking and driving, their tendencies are not just going to go away with a snap. If a driver gets let off with a suspension on their license for just 180 days, that same driver may decide that the consequences are not too serious, and just go ahead and drink and drive again. If a driver got their license suspended for at least a year, they would have time to think about what…

Alcoholism has been perceived to have a psychological dependence with signs of both having a tolerance and to withdrawing from a lack of the substance. Having a tolerance to alcohol usually results in the person taking more doses each time they drink to achieve the same effects they experienced the last time and when a person with a high tolerance stops consuming alcohol they are prone to withdrawal symptoms which can include an increased heart rate, anxiety, and hypertension (Passer, Smith,…

The purpose of this research study is to address the question of should drivers who are prosecuted with a DUI lose their license. The reason this topic is important is because those who have DUI’s on their record only face minimal consequences. On the first offense, the driver’s license is only suspended for 4 months. However, on the second offense within 10 years will result in a one year suspension. It is shown that DUI’s are one of the major causes of death each year. Those who are caught…

In Michelle Crouch’s and Mary Kate Frank’s article,“Caffeine Overload?” from Junior Scholastic , they argue that caffeine is harmful and shouldn’t be advertised to minors. The author claims that caffeine is dangerous because, it can cause tiredness, decreased brain development, hyperactivity and other serious problems for health, especially for young people. The FDA was asked to require safety warnings on energy drinks, showing again how serious this problem is. “These drinks have no…

It's alarming that binge drinking is so prevalent in the college campus environment and is often used as a means of stress and anxiety relief. Although alcohol is considered a depressant, it also has the capability to amplify a person's emotional state. Once alcohol is consumed, it gets absorbed by the bloodstream and later enters the cerebral cortex--the part of the brain responsible for thought and action, and disrupts…

Nothing more’s “Let ‘em Burn” is song about the truth of the matter that we need to start over because our world is clearly chaotic and mess up. The song has a deep and sensible summary, and some interesting connotations, and plus the tone has to be discussed as well. The summary is something really straight forward. The speaker is a person sick and tired of the people of this world. The speaker knows that the best thing to do about this is to wipe on the face of the earth or quote “Let ‘em…

The questions that materialize in relation to addictive behaviors’ and their relation or non-relation to other addictive behaviors’ has long been debated and discussed. In a study published in The Scandinavian Journal of Psychology this same debate was examined. The article, Do Men with Excessive Alcohol Consumption and Social Stability Have an Addictive Personality?, Provides the reader with data that confirms whether or not men that drink excessively have addictive personalities. In the…

Could you take the life of another or your own? Alcohol has become such a common and acceptable drink that people forget the fact that alcohol can be varied destructive if you don’t know your limits. In high school I new a girl who used to go out and drink with friends on a regular occurrence each week and one night her and two other got in to a car wreck. Their car had completely wrapped around a tree killing her two friends and leaving her in critical care. For the whole ordeal she got off…

develops an abuse of alcohol (medecinenet.com). The effects of alcohol are difficulty walking, blurred vision, slurred speech, slowed reaction times, and impaired memory (pubs.niaaa.nih.gov). Lowering the drinking age would increase the pool of alcoholics. Eighteen year olds are either dealing with the graduating high school or beginning a college education. Alcohol will interfere with these momentary milestones of life. The freshman retention rate for United States universities is declining…