anybody knows about alcoholic?
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See causes below and look for the signs
HOPE THIS HELPS
PS Yes they drink but not necessairly to get drunk.
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……….Causes of Alcoholism ………………
http://www.alcohol.co.za/causes_of_alcoholism.htm
In many cases alcoholism has deeper lying causes that do not disappear once the drinker is sober.
Personality/traits
Education/development
Established behaviour patterns
Environment
Religion
Damaged relationships
Emotional immaturity.
Overly dependent on their parents.
Inability to communicate and be engaged on his deeper experiences.
Tension in his relationships with others.
Inability to manage frustration.
Keeping a front (as a defence mechanism to hide his sense of guilt, poor self image and other problems).
Perfectionism.
Competitiveness.
A sense of feeling inferior as a man or woman.
A feeling of guilt.
Conflict between parents.
Poor religious experiences.
Nervous parents.
Sexual deviations by the parents.
Contradictory behaviour of especially the mother.
Sidestepping instead of addressing problems.
A father despising the mother.
A mother that is unhappy with her role as mother.
Lack of discipline.
Low expectations of the child.
Lack of leadership.
Environment. Alcohol is a method to escape from
emotional pain
crises
boredom
distress
fatigue
………………………Genetics…………………….
Alcoholism’s Genetic Link
http://www.alcohol.co.za/genetics.htm
Genetic Risk of Alcoholism Linked to Sweet Tooth (11/19/2003, Reuters Health)
Genetics of Alcoholism (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
Alcohol Researchers Relate a Genetic Factor to Anxiety in Women (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
Family History of Alcoholism: Are You at Risk? (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
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These are the original Twelve Steps as defined by Alcoholics Anonymous:[5]
1.We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.
2.Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3.Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
4.Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5.Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6.Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7.Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8.Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
9.Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10.Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
11.Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His Will for us and the power to carry that out.
12.Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
2.If you drink too much you can get sick, pass out, or even die.
3.DUI (driving under the influence) is illegal.
4.Too much alcohol will damage your liver.
5. If you’re drunk while you drive, they make you do some sort of tests. Make you walk in a straight line, say the alphabet backwards, breathalyzer test. That’s all the tests I can think of.
6.Time is the only cure for drunkenness. There are no medications you just have to sleep a lot.
7.You can get a hangover the next day.
Every day in the U.S. more than 13,000 children and teens take their first drink.
The 25.9% of underage drinkers who are alcohol abusers and alcohol dependent drink 47.3% of the alcohol that is consumed by all underage drinkers.
Every year in the U.S. more than 150,000 college students develop health problem that are alcohol-related.
