Alcoholism is an addiction to alcohol on extreme. Alcohol has severe and dangerous effects on human body and damages almost every part of the body; from brain to liver, everything is affected by its consumption. But the effects are not only limited to human body; alcohol does not only affect the drinker’s personal health and body, but it also damages the family and social life of him as well as his economic prosperity. Alcohol affects every body part of a person, even his brain and the way he thinks and behaves. It damages everything. Also alcohol causes many fatal diseases and problems that can be physical and mental in nature and social problems such as violence and crimes.
Alcohol use causes cancer and Hepatitis which are really painful and fatal diseases. Cancer is the disease caused when certain cells start to divide abnormally and causes plenty of deaths all around the world. The cure for cancer is still not available in many countries. Cancer is one of the greatest killers of mankind. NIH, National Institutes of Health, states that this disease causes 23% of all deaths in U.S. (www.niehs.nih.gov). Hepatitis C is another deadly diseases caused by alcohol, it is a disease of liver in which liver gets infected; Hepatitis C caused 15,000 deaths in 2007 which is great amount of deaths. (www.cbsnews.com)
Alcohol causes much more deaths than any other drug in the world, and so it is one of the greatest killers of mankind now days. 1994 CDC report by NIH states that cocaine and crack combined deaths accounted for 3,300 per year, heroine and morphine combined are accounted for 2,400 per year, while alcohol alone causes105, 000 deaths per year (Straight talks about drugs and alcohol). Statistics show how fatal is this addiction an...
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but that does not stop minors from partying. Alcoholics can cause emotional pains throughout the family causing the families to suffer. Many people enjoy drinking but very few people understand the harm it is doing to the health of their bodies, and how it can ruin their lives. Alcoholism can have a negative effect on a person’s overall character, health, and morals. Alcohol abuse is a very substantial problem nowadays, but not a lot of people understand what is happening to their health when they
The Horror of Alcoholism Alcoholism is a baffling and powerful disease. It affects all people from all walks of life. It has been medically proven and recognized by most of society as a disease. However, for some people who either have not been affected or just do not have any knowledge of the disease, it is considered more as a weakness of character. Alcoholism has many effects, on the alcoholic them self, towards their family and friends, and on their health, on their spouse and children,
are able to have one or two drinks and stop, and then there are those that do not know when to stop or who must drink on a regular basis. It is common for people to drink at social functions or with meals, but getting together with friends or family does not mean that alcoholic drinks need to be served to have a good time. When someone used to drink one or two drinks and be able to stop, now that same person has to have alcoholic drinks earlier in the day and more frequently than usual, he or she would