The experience of drinking alcoholic beverages is not so much talked about because it is of common nature. It has been considered as a part of every social gatherings. To add, the effects of alcohol once taken in are quite famous. In a normal condition, after drinking a handful, the person may become dizzy and feels like vomiting. This is famously referred to as being “tipsy”. Alcoholic drinks contain substances that go to an area in the brain and alter its function, thus, causing imbalance, violent and risky behaviors, and irrational thinking. However, there are ways on how one can recover from the state of being tipsy. One needs to get an ample amount of sleep or he or she might need to drink a hot cup of coffee in order to recover and be sober again.
It is quite a different case when we look alcohol drinking in terms of alcohol addiction. Despite negative consequences, people could not stop drinking once they are in a state of alcohol addiction. Alcohol addiction is a very big drinking problem wherein drinking alcoholic drinks becomes a habit to the person. This is a problem because the drinking habit may produce undesirable and negative effects. The primary effect of alcohol addiction is to encourage the sufferer to drink at times and in amounts that are damaging to physical health. The secondary damage is caused by an inability to control one’s drinking manifests in many ways. There are different important social costs that alcohol addiction can give to one’s family and friends. Alcohol addiction can have adverse effects on mental health causing psychiatric disorders to develop.
On a very important note, one of the primary cause of abuse is due to alcohol addiction. Usually, among men, alcohol allows them to be very violent. The wives and children of the alcohol addict is usually the one most affected by this kind of violence. Though we may say that these people are not sober when they beat their wives and children but then, they could not take away the trauma and the painful memory they have left in their loved ones.
Alcohol addiction could be inherited. There is a high risk of alcohol addiction when a person has family members who are also suffering from alcohol addiction. Studies have been made in trying to identify which gene is responsible for alcohol addiction. However, there are also other factors that might contribute to one’s alcohol addiction such as the kind of friends you have and the amount of stress you currently have.
Family has long been considered a basic unit of every society. It is where the person first learns to talk, to think, to feel, and to response. When a father has a drinking problem, he could be a causative factor to his son’s drinking problem in the future. The child sees the father as a model. He is the primary role model for behaviors at home. Thus, the child may learn that it is fine to be drinking all the time. This is disturbing because as the child grows, no one could be there to direct him or her as to what is really right and wrong. The mother may not be aware of the transference that is occurring to her child.
On a problematic side, alcohol addiction seems to be an underrated disease. This would create a problem because an alcohol addict might have a hard time accepting his or her situation. Some would say they are functional alcohol addicts. Still, it means the same. Denial only seems to be present. Yes, they function well when they are sober, but as soon as they get their hands on a bottle of beer, they become the alcohol addicted dad or the alcoholic and violent son. Though the situation of alcohol addiction is rampant among men, women are not exempted. Women is also at risk of alcohol addiction. They are never safe from this kind of problem.
Alcohol addiction is a situation that can manifest everyone. No man and woman is safe.