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cautioned me about how addictive alcohol can be for some people and how I am even more susceptible because of my familiy’s history of alcoholism. Now that I am in college where drinking is quite common, I want to know more about alcoholism as a mental disorder. For my research paper, I…

Effects of alcohol on brain functioning and neurotransmitters As the underage brain is still developing, especially the frontal cortex. The effects of ethanol alcohol) will affect reasoning and skills more than someone over the age of 18 whilst possibly stunting brain growth and development in the frontal lobe which can cause long term malfunctions such as brain clots and loss of brain cells in the hippocampus (Government of Western Australia.2014). This is due to the central nervous system…

print media and television gives ours false reviews about alcohol and it facts. As a freshman attending school one should not be easily influenced by classmates and friends to do something such as drinking alcohol causing harm to their body and mind. Advertising in the electronic media and the print media they always portray drinking alcohol showing success and being part of a society that is the right thing to do. Drinking too much alcohol is not good for your body because it has a tendentious…

Injunctive norms and identification to peers of similar status (reference groups) relate when it comes to college drinking. A study done by Neighbors, LaBrie, Hummer, Lewis, Lee, Desai & Larimer (2010) focused on alcohol consumption, perceived drinking norms, and identification to reference groups. Drinks per week was used as a variable in these studies. This was operationally defined by using the mean of the modified Daily Drinking Questionnaire. Perceived descriptive norms were measured using…

impossible to ignore the fact that law is contradictory. The age restriction consistently fail it’s goal to impact society, even though this restriction have been ongoing since 1984. Lastly, this meaningless law have led to more convictions that deal with alcohol consumption. If the system wasn’t so flawed, more people would be obliged to agree with it; however, this law is completely unjust towards the youth. There’s no excuse for the government to declare what’s good for it’s citizens when, at…

Denial is one of the biggest obstacles to getting help for alcohol abuse and alcoholism. The desire to drink is so strong that the mind finds many ways to rationalize drinking, even when the consequences are obvious. By keeping you from looking honestly at your behavior and its negative effects, denial also exacerbates alcohol-related problems with work, finances, and relationships. If you have a drinking problem, you may deny it by, drastically underestimating how much you drink, downplaying…

The two main elements of this program was a regulation of alcoholic beverages, and the alteration of social environment’s values in order to reduce the demand for this kind of drinks. Restriction of alcoholic beverages has purposes such as reducing the production and advertising the alcoholic beverages, and limit the consumption of it (Ivanets & Lukomskaya, 1990). According to professors of political economic and sociology Dr. Stuckler et al. (2013, as cited in Kolves & Leo, 2014), active…

emphasis the importance of research into the problems faced by children of parents with alcohol problems. The article also states that, “Alcohol was found to be the most harmful drug in a recent study that ranked 20 drugs according to the harm they cause to the user and to others” (NACOA). Those effected the most by this substance abuse are primary children. The research article continues by saying, “Parental alcohol problems are associated with negative outcomes in children, e.g. poorer…

The enticing movie Regarding Henry focuses on Henry Turner, a wealthy lawyer who got shot in the head and loses his memory. After recovering from that traumatic experience, he is a completely different person psychologically. Before he was shot, Henry Turner was a grumpy man with an unpleasant disposition. He was not very honest and did not treat his wife and daughter with much affection. This was his superego. Therefore these traits he possessed were learned. However, after the accident Henry…

When people in Florida are arrested for suspected drunk driving, law enforcement officers often ask them to submit to breath tests. Sometimes, drivers may refuse such tests in an effort to avoid incriminating themselves. They may believe that they cannot be convicted of DUI without breath test results. It is important for Floridians to understand, however, that this is not necessarily the case. Under Florida state law, refusing to submit to a breath test will result in a driver’s license…