Alcohol Facts. One of the key alcohol facts is that with repeated, abusive drinking, a person will often experience chronic alcohol abuse or alcoholism.

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Hi I just started going to IOP (intense outcare patient) for alcohol!! It’s a program for drugs/alcohol abusers! One of the things we have to do is 3 reports on any type of fact about drugs/alcohol. I been looking for some sites that would provide me with this type of information but I am stumped. Anyone know a site that has everything about the substance and the effects/withdrawls, what it does to the brain, your body ,ect? Thanks for the answers!

Congratulations, it’s great that you’re getting help =)
Try Wikipedia, or start at this page:

http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/Alcohol-Abuse/Alcohol-Abuse-and-Dependence-Topic-Overview

And get what you’re looking for from there.

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With all of the medical and alcohol abuse research that has validated the fact that adverse alcohol effects result from excessive and abusive drinking, I wonder why anyone would choose to drink in a hazardous and irresponsible manner.

Stated more precisely, with the wide array of employment problems, legal issues, relationship difficulties, financial issues, and health problems that are linked to alcoholism and chronic alcohol abuse, why would anyone with common sense want to drink in a hazardous and abusive manner?

Indeed, when alcohol related problems are put under the microscope and analyzed more closely, drinking in an irresponsible and excessive manner makes even less sense and becomes even more illogical.

After reviewing the research literature the point is so central that it needs to be restated: with all of the unhealthy and destructive outcomes that are directly or indirectly correlated with repeated, excessive drinking, why would anyone want to involve himself or herself in alcohol abuse or alcoholism?

Cindy was watching a special on cable TV about the short term and the long term effects of alcohol abuse and alcoholism.  As Cindy watched the program she started to think about her drinking behavior.

Could she become a moderate drinker rather than getting drunk a few times every month?  Are her terrible hangovers a symptom of a serious drinking problem?  Did she abuse alcohol on a fairly regular basis?  Will she become alcohol dependent like her uncle?  Is her binge drinking a sign of chronic alcohol abuse?   Does she need to get alcohol treatment for her problem drinking?

While the focal point of Cindy’s attention was on the long term outcomes of alcohol abuse and alcoholism, she also began to think about the short term effects of excessive drinking.

She reasoned that by centering her attention only on the long term consequences of alcohol abuse and alcoholism, she might ignore what is taking place in her “drinking” behavior in the here-and-now.

To her credit, Cindy actually began to think about and do something positive about her current drinking issues so that she would not have to address more significant problems in the future.

Rachael watched her father drink himself to death and join a long list of alcohol related fatalities in her family.  Rachael’s maternal great grandfather, paternal grandfather, and several aunts and uncles on both sides of the family either died directly from hazardous and abusive drinking or their lives were substantially shortened due to their chronic alcohol abuse or alcoholism.

At one point Rachael began wondering if she too would become an alcohol abuser or an alcohol dependent person and die prematurely from this disease.

In fact, Rachael was so worried about this that she scheduled an appointment with her doctor to discuss her concerns regarding her drinking and her family history of drinking problems.

Her doctor told her that alcohol addiction does in fact run in families and that if she made sure to always drink in moderation, she probably wouldn’t face any serious alcohol related problems.

Then her doctor told her that if she wanted to make sure that he would never have to fear alcohol dependency and any alcohol related problems all she would have to do is totally stop drinking.  In all honesty, this second option was making more and more sense to Rachael the more she thought about her family and the damaging and life threatening consequences they faced because of their abusive and irresponsible drinking.

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With the many different opportunities for alcohol abuse and alcoholism treatment that are available today, why is it that so many individuals fail to get alcohol rehab for their drinking problems?

One important reason for this is that many people with drinking issues do not realize or admit that they have a drinking problem. Indeed, why fix what isn’t broke?

People who engage in chronic alcohol abuse or alcoholism are also notorious for establishing a sophisticated denial system. For instance, some long-term heavy drinkers, when asked about their drinking problem, respond with “what alcohol problem? I don’t have an alcohol problem.”

In a similar manner, other chronic alcoholics stick their heads in the sand and refuse to honestly deal with the truth. Whatever the reasons, millions of people in our country are alcohol abusers or alcohol dependent and fail to get the professional alcohol treatment that they require.

Research shows that increasing numbers of people throughout the world are starting to experience various alcoholism and alcohol abuse effects.

Based on the number of diseases, illnesses, and aliments that are indirectly or directly associated with alcohol dependency and chronic alcohol abuse, it is only logical to conclude that as increasing numbers of people begin to engage in excessive and abusive drinking, increasing numbers of people will experience the adverse effects of long term alcohol abuse and alcohol addiction.

While it seems that many people ignore the multitude of health problems that are correlated with abusive and hazardous drinking, it needs to be highlighted that many of the negative alcohol abuse and alcoholism effects can and do result in the loss of life.  Examples include heart disease, hepatitis, pancreatitis, cancer, strokes, and cirrhosis.

“But we don’t drink all that much,” explained Stephen and Katherine while talking to their family doctor.  This was in response to a series of tests their doctor had ordered to determine if Stephen and Katherine were experiencing some of the more routine effects of chronic alcohol abuse.

The doctor explained that while there may not be a causal relationship, the research literature points to a strong correlation between hazardous and abusive drinking and the respiratory problems both Stephen and Katherine had been experiencing.

The doctor’s suggestion was for Stephen and Katherine to significantly reduce the amount of alcohol they are drinking or to refrain from drinking altogether.  In other words, they had to make sure that they would always drink in moderation or quit drinking entirely.  Doing either of these, however, will be very hard for Stephen and Katherine because having three or four drinks every night was something that they honestly looked forward to.

Unfortunately, when serious alcohol related health problems emerge, the only doable solutions are abstention or substantial reduction.  Now the big question is if Stephen and Katherine can follow through on their doctor’s “orders.”

Sometime last year I watched an episode of “Who is Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?”  After watching a number of episodes, it is clear that many adults in our “enlightened” society do not know what is being taught to our students, especially those who are in elementary school.

I wonder much fifth graders know about some of the basic negative alcoholism and alcohol abuse effects.  I wonder how many fifth graders are taught about the association that exists between hazardous and excessive drinking and brain damage, cancer, and heart disease.

I wonder how many fifth graders are cognizant of the destroyed relationships, unemployment problems, legal issues, health problems, and the financial difficulties that are directly or indirectly related to alcohol dependency and chronic alcohol abuse.

Rachael had involved herself in excessive drinking for at least twenty years.  Indeed, she was such a “regular” at the local nightclub that she had her own private seat at the main bar. I n spite of her hazardous drinking, Rachael had always been an individual who looked physically fit.  When I saw Rachael last week, nevertheless, it was obvious that the adverse consequences of hazardous and abusive drinking were beginning to take their toll.

For example, Rachael had gained at least fifteen pounds and was looking quite old for a forty-seven year old woman.  When I talked to her, she mentioned that she felt burned out, she didn’t feel as self-assured as she once did, and was sick of the constant rat race at work and in life.

I found this interesting because Rachael used to have a great amount of enthusiasm for life and was known as an individual who faced issues and difficulties head-on instead of letting them get the best of her.  After leaving the nightclub I recollect thinking to myself that Rachael was a primary example of what chronic alcohol abuse can do to an individual’s health.

Just imagine how many lives are affected by chronic alcohol abuse and alcoholism.  Although a lot of people focus on the ill fortune of the problem drinker, just think of the sons, daughters, grand children, spouses, brothers, sisters, friends, and relatives whose lives are adversely affected by the excessive and abusive drinking behavior of the problem drinker.

I know that the drinker’s logic doesn’t work this way, but if there was a way for the alcohol abuser or alcoholic to know precisely how much suffering and pain his or her drinking causes other people, he or she just might decide to seek alcohol treatment.  The reality of the situation, however, is that the problem drinker has to want to quit drinking and get treatment for himself or herself rather than for other people.

More than a few chronic alcohol abusers have event-filled lives, families, relationships, jobs, pets, vehicles, and homes.  In fact, many of them may have never been involved in legal problems such as receiving a DWI.

Many of these alcohol abusers live to drink while keeping up their “problem-free” appearances to the outside world.  But ask anyone who has seen them in a drunken stupor or who lives with them and they will tell you an entirely different story.  They know the truth about the problem drinker’s behavior and it is likely that the alcohol abuser’s neighbors, friends, co-workers, coaches, supervisors, and teachers do as well.

The chronic alcohol abuser may think that he or she has “fooled” most people, but the people who really know him or her know the truth.  Ironically, often times the only person that the alcohol abuser has truly fooled is the alcohol abuser himself or herself.

According to the alcohol abuse and alcoholism research literature, the effects of alcoholism and chronic alcohol abuse are extremely comprehensive in scope.  Despite this fact, several healthcare professionals treat only the most severe cases such as individuals who have advanced alcohol-related liver disease such as cirrhosis or people with a history of alcohol dependency.

Unfortunately, treating only the most extreme alcohol-related cases results in a skewed perspective rather than a more realistic comprehension of how abusive and hazardous drinking affects the entire population.

One of the drinking problems associated with chronic alcohol abuse and alcoholism is that many people who drink excessively and abusively do not live their lives according to the truth or according to the facts.  In short, since these individuals run fast and loose with the truth, they do not “see” the damage that their excessive drinking is causing in their lives.

It’s one thing for alcohol abusers and alcoholics to get alcohol treatment for their abusive drinking but it is entirely another thing for problem drinkers to stop their dishonesty and start living their lives according to the facts and according to the truth. There are probably many variables that go into alcohol abuse and alcoholism, but one of the main variables is the level of dishonesty that is often exhibited by the problem drinker.

What a waste it is to involve yourself in chronic alcohol abuse or alcoholism.  Not only does excessive and hazardous drinking deplete a person’s finances, but it wrecks havoc with relationships, it leads to poor work and school performance, it often results in problems with the law (a DUI for instance), and it leads to poor health.  There is absolutely no positive reason for excessive and abusive drinking.  For this reason, if you abuse alcohol or are alcohol dependent, please get the professional alcohol treatment you need.

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Some chronic alcohol abuse and alcoholism experts believe that if a person has a family history of alcohol abuse or alcohol dependency, he or she would be well advised to completely abstain from drinking alcohol.  Although this viewpoint appears to be a little “extreme,” following such advice, nonetheless, will help the individual avoid the relationship, financial, legal, employment, and health alcohol related problems that are commonly experienced by alcohol addicted people and by chronic alcohol abusers.

It’s time to put aside the idle chatter about responsible drinking and drinking in moderation for problem drinkers.  The overwhelming majority of alcohol dependent individuals and chronic alcohol abusers simply cannot drink in moderation and, as a consequence, need to totally refrain from drinking, they need to get alcohol rehab, and they need to get sober and stay sober.

In a word, alcohol recovery for alcoholics and for people who engage in chronic alcohol abuse is, to a large degree, all about attaining sobriety and then staying sober. The most successful and effective path to alcohol recovery, it must be emphasized, is getting the appropriate alcohol treatment as soon as possible and following through with the treatment protocol.