Alcoholism

Study/Test • Article follows a study done involving the children of 30 alcoholic parents and 30 non-alcoholic parents • All parents were between 25-50 years old • Alcoholic parents were required to have engaged in a minimum of five years of alcoholism • Must have been legal guardians of children for at least five years • Children were between the ages of 12 and 17 years old • Information was gathered beforehand on basic information such as age, sex, family size and education level • Children…

person. Both “You Can Go Home Again” by Mary TallMountain and “Waiting at the Edge: Words towards Life” by Maurice Kenny talk about the writers’ quest for home. Both suffered from alcoholism, found reconnection with their fathers, and discovered that writing led them to their true home. TallMountain suffered from alcoholism during the pursuit of her true home. TallMountain said, “Living alone, I started on the road of the silent, secret drinker” (7). The quest for home did not allow her…

correlational studies, the results can only be used to show the degree to which the events (ACE and alcoholism) vary with each other. Correlational studies describe the relationship between two variables, they do not explain it. Such studies can not be used to infer any causal information. From this, we derive that although Study A and B both show a positive correlation between the presence of ACE and later alcoholism, we can not assume that the ACE were the cause of the individual later…

Alcohol addiction treatment helps thousands of alcoholics across the United States make lasting recoveries each year. Although many laypeople still believe alcoholism to be a matter of willpower rather than a disease, it is a neurological condition which requires clinical alcohol addiction treatment. Like other addictions, alcoholism causes permanent changes to sufferers' brain chemistries and makes them dependent on alcohol for daily activities. Despite the widespread success of rehab, many…

surrounding alcohol abuse can potentially be formed. We see that alcoholism effects the individual who is addicted, the children and family that are exposed to addiction and also any effects any marriage between the addicted people or addicted person. Many people in my family have a history of alcohol addiction and it has affected my family in various ways as well as myself as an individual. When people question the effects of alcoholism, it is common to study how it effects the children who are…

When people think of drugs they think of substances like marijuana, cocaine, and other “hard” drugs. Most people overlook the most abused drugs, alcohol. They do not realize how alcohol is a damaging drug as any other substance. The effects and consequences that alcohol can pose on the human body is overwhelming. It does not pose a serious concern if drinking is practically safely but if binge drinking is practice instead it becomes a serious problem. Unfortunately, many underage drinkers do…

The social impact of alcoholism is just as great as the physical or mental sides. Alcoholism can touch every aspect of the alcoholic 's life: friends, family, and even work. Being a depressant, alcohol can cause an abuser to feel lonely. It may cause the abuser to drift away from the friends they once had,…

The brain, like most body organs, is vulnerable to damage from the consumption of alcohol (Oscar–Berman & Marinkovic, 2004). Alcohol, unlike most other drugs with abuse potential has no identified target receptor in the brain (Stanford, 2009). Alcohol affects numerous neurotransmitter systems through its action on the membranes of neurons (Stanford, 2009). The probability of brain damage and related neurobehavioral deficits from alcohol consumption differs among individuals (Oscar–Berman &…

dimer, dimer, and then black. The blackout is a common side effect of getting too drunk, and constant drunken blackouts is a sign of alcohol dependence or abuse. Alcohol/Alcoholism is a major theme in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and plays a huge role in the first six chapters of the book. The theme of alcohol/alcoholism comes in chapters five and six when Huck's dad Pap comes back to town and messes with Huck's life. This theme is important to the book because it shows the troubles that…

Alcoholism is prevalent in every community. Alcoholism is an illness, in which individuals are addicted to alcohol. Individuals who are addicted to alcohol feel as though they cannot function every day without it. Those addicted who do not seek help in most cases, hurt themselves, their families and others. This paper aims to prove how Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) support groups can help those individuals who seek help and try to cope with this illness effectively. The purpose of the AA support…