Alcoholism is a disease that can be treated‚ but through research. I have found that there is no cure for the disease. I t is noted that nearly 14 million people in the U.S. (7.4 % of Americans) abuse alcohol or are alcoholics (Dorsey‚ Larson‚ Segal1). Severe alcoholism can also lead to organ damage such as cirrhosis of liver‚ epilepsy‚ and gastritis. Because alcoholism is a disease‚ genetic and environmental factors have plenty to do with its development. To support my belief that alcoholism is
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There is a constant dispute amongst the medical and psychological community as to whether alcoholism is‚ in fact‚ a disease or just a state of mind. Many of the researchers have classified alcoholism as a disease (Peele 1). Dictionary.com has defined "disease" broadly as an "involuntary choice made by the individual" (5 entries 1). This definition does not comply with alcoholics because they can‚ like any other human being‚ determine that drinking has many unwanted consequences behind it. But an
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* * Medicalization of Alcoholism: * Moral Issue or Disease of the Will? * * * * * Charmaine Tan Xin Yi * A0085302N * Discussion Group: E2 * Bachelor of Science (Nursing) * AY2012/2013 Semester 2 * 25th March 2013 * This paper focuses on the medicalisation of alcoholism. Through the critique of the medical discourse of alcoholism‚ the paper seeks to understand better the social process in which alcoholism has changed from a moral issue
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Cathy Threatt 30 March 2012 Alcoholism What can be done to help a person who is a victim of alcoholism? Alcoholism is a serious problem in today’s society. It is very important that the public‚ including the large groups of people who abuse alcohol has the knowledge as much as possible about the symptoms and effects of alcoholism‚ but that the public also fatalities‚ injuries‚ and sees diseases caused from the use and abuse of alcohol. The reasons that an alcoholic victim uses alcohol are sad. The
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Mike Linley Mr. Fryia ENG 4U Date: March 1‚ 2011 Alcoholism and its Effects on the Family Alcoholism or alcohol dependence syndrome is a disease characterized by compulsive and uncontrollable consumption of alcohol (Parsons). Alcoholism usually begins with the person binge drinking and abusing alcohol. Alcoholism can affect people of any age‚ background‚ social or ethnic group. Alcoholism is sometimes referred to as a “family disease” because it greatly affects the family‚ not just
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Alcoholism in “The Shining” In “The Shining”‚ written by Steven King‚ the reader is exposed to an issue that a lot of families face in the real world that of which is alcoholism. The story’s main character‚ Jack Torrance‚ struggles from this issue due to his troubled past regarding an abusive and alcoholic father as well as his struggle of becoming the very man he loved‚ yet hated as a child. By exposing the reader to alcoholism‚ they are instantly aware of the outcomes of it and how it can affect
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Rhetorical Analysis: Who’s The Real Terrorist Andres Martinez English 1301 10/3/14 Mr. Gomez Rhetorical Analysis: Who’s The Real Terrorist Introduction When it comes to the topic of terrorism most of us Americans will readily agree that our own country does not take part of terrorism. The Classroom debate scene from the movie Kurbaan‚ uses rhetorical strategies such as pathos‚ ethos‚ and logos consequently to appeal its target audience. The discussion takes place among the students‚ simply on who
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Analyzing: “The Victims” by Sharon Olds “The Victims” by Sharon Olds is a poem‚ which gives us an elaborated and refined view of a tortured family in our modern society. It describes the immature resentment of the young speaker and her family towards the father‚ and the more mature expression of sympathy of the grown up speaker. The poem is divided into two parts‚ easy to spot due to a sudden change in the verb tenses‚ speaker‚ tone and purpose. The first part of the poem‚ transmits to the reader
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The continuous or excessive use of alcohol (ethanol) with associated pathologic results. Alcoholism is characterized by constant or periodic intoxication‚ although the pattern of consumption varies markedly. Individuals admitted for the first time to an alcoholism treatment center typically have been consuming 3–4 oz (80–100 g) of pure alcohol per day‚ corresponding to seven to nine drinks or bottles of beer or glasses of wine. Studies have shown that problem drinking in these populations starts
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Essay on Alcohol and its effects. Alcohol is a central nervous system depressant- it slows down the body’s functions and its effects are similar to those of a general anaesthetic. Ethyl alcohol (ethanol) is the active ingredient in all alcoholic drinks. If you take any alcoholic beverage and remove the ingredients that give it taste and colour‚ you get ethyl alcohol. Remove the water from ethyl alcohol and you get ether. Ether is an anaesthetic that works on the brain and puts it to sleep.
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