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The topic of Alcohol and Drug abuse made an impact on me since my father was an alcoholic until just recently. My father wasn’t the type to get drunk in front of his family so he wouldn’t drink so much to make himself drunk. In a way, he did somewhat know how to control his drinking, but he still did drink more than someone his age should and anyway you cut it, alcohol was still bad for his health.. At first I didn’t know what was so addicting about Alcohol or what inside it made it so addicting…

Alcohol’s Effect on Adolescents Alcohol can have catastrophic effects on the human body, especially when it comes to adolescents. According to Brown, adults would need to consume twice as many drinks to suffer the same alcohol related damages as adolescents (Underage Drinkers’ Risk of Brain Damage). The main reason is during adolescence the brain is still developing and maturing which allows the alcohol to have a more profound effect on adolescents (Ketcham 44). Therefore, adolescents are more…

start/stop or continue drinking. The first one being, alcohol exposure in childhood; the second is what the person believes is acceptable or immoderate in the amount of alcohol to drink; the third is customs on drinking; the fourth is the alcoholic beverage of choice; the fifth is the level on which they consider alcohol safe ; the sixth is how alcohol is viewed symbolically; the seventh is how public intoxication is viewed; the eighth is the drinking and the social group that you relate to; the…

Abstaining from alcohol and its effects on socializing has a lot to do with the individual’s personality when they are sober. I find that individuals that we hang out with when we consume alcohol is not always the same individuals we spent time with when we are sober. They tend to be the people that we avoid because they are only fun when drunk. As mean as it sounds, we do have friends that we only want to spend time with they are under the influence. They are described as the fun individual and…

Alcoholism Have you ever felt that you need to drink alcohol in order for you to be satisfied? If that is the case you have experienced this chronic disease called Alcoholism. One in every 12 adults suffer from this disease in the United States and it’s the most addictive substance. Alcohol is responsible for 1,400 deaths, 500,000 injuries, and 70,000 sexual assaults on universities campuses each year. It’s unbelievable the depth of suffering that alcohol can take people if they become addicted…

Even if a person has good ideas and intentions if they force it on to somebody, will the other person submit or retaliate? That is what happened during the middle of 1919 when congress passed the law that forced Americans to dispose of any alcohol even after President Woodrow Wilson vetoed this idea. Americans were wise to believe that by eliminating alcohol they would eliminate many problems America was facing, but they went about it the wrong way. Congress’s subtle law made the common people…

Drunk Driving under the influence of alcohol is something people under the age 21, do while intoxicated with alcohol. Drunk driving can be very deadly. Yet many people drive while intoxicated everyday. Drivers who are drunk are blamed for the loss of as many as twenty-five thousand lives in highway crashes each year and hundreds of thousands of severe injuries. Everyday many lives are lost because of drunk driving or drunk drivers. “On June 1, 2000 in Miami, Florida, 16-year-old Helen Marie…

Alcohol may be the most common drug used amongst college athletes. Generally, most of these athletes blatantly ignore the factors that are detrimental to achieving the optimal performance they are searching for. Often times, athletes may find themselves with little spare time to go out drinking and partying, but that little time may be spent binge drinking and getting heavenly intoxicated. Overtime, professionals have documented the effects of alcohol and how it adversely effects being on top…

against excessive amounts of alcohol consumptions. While doing my research on this topic I learned many things about the history of alcoholism, some pros and cons of alcoholism, and I also have stated my view on the topic. “Consumption of alcoholic beverages has been a prominent feature of many cultures since the ancient civilizations.” (Hines, L. M.) The history of alcohol goes back thousands of years, but it could not have been an addiction…

How many cases are heard of drunk driving? Drinking and driving is associated with the consumption of alcohol and operating a motorized vehicle. Driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol is considered a primary contributor to road accident deaths. Around the world, driving under intoxication is prohibited. Consumption of alcohol impairs the judgment of an individual making the driver unfit for driving a motor vehicle or any other individual unfit to operate any form of machinery. When driving…