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Causes of alcohol addiction
The number of alcohol addicts is increasing at an alarming rate. Therefore, it is the need of the time to control the growth of alcohol addiction among the global population. For this, it is very necessary to be aware of the causes of alcohol addiction, so that we can properly treat and help the addicted get rid of their alcoholism and also prevent our younger generations by being influenced by alcohol.
The big thing is that not every individual gets addicted because of a same reason, as there are no definite causes of alcohol addiction; controlling alcohol addiction is becoming difficult. Numerous biological, socio-cultural and also psychological factors contribute for alcoholism.
In many cases, it is also seen that individuals who have lived with alcoholic family members, have greater chances to succumb to alcoholism in their adolescent years. Other biological factors, which contribute to alcohol addiction, are nutritional deficiencies, bio-chemical abnormalities, allergic responses and also endocrine imbalances. People also take to alcohol due to psychological factors like work stress, relation stress and other family problems. Some people are also in a habit of drinking to boost their self-esteem.
The biggest problem is that even socio-cultural factors contribute towards being one of the important causes of alcohol addiction. In addiction, at some places alcohol is readily available at low prices, without breaking the financial condition of an individual. In many cultures, alcohol is widely used and also the social group pressure and also social attitudes, that approve of frequent drinking has contributed to the rise in alcohol addiction.
The disease model of addiction expresses that addiction is a brain disease. A brain disease which only gets worse as it progresses through various stages. The disease of addiction has no cure, but it can be treated. The answer to treatment is medical intervention (using medication-assisted treatment), abstinence (completely staying away from drugs) and sustained….
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Thousands of teenagers had a total of 5,171 litres of alcohol confiscated in a summer crackdown on binge drinking, the government has said. As part of a £1.4m campaign, more than 3,500 youngsters in 69 “priority areas” of England were stopped between July and September. Also, more than 1,800 parents were informed and more than….
Narcotic anonymous is a “non profit fellowship”. This organization can be said to be a society of all the men and women who are or were addicted to drugs. These people meet regularly and carry out different programs to help the addicted recover from their addiction. The only criteria for earning the membership of this….
The negative effects alcohol has on the human body are consistently predictable regardless of use pattern. There is no cell in the body that is resistant to alcohol. The first organ is the stomach where without food, alcohol is readily absorbed into the blood stream. It requires no digestion. Alcohol irritates the stomach causing stomach….
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