Alcoholism

Title: Alcoholism
Category: Science & Technology | Words: 845 | Pages: 3.6 (approximately 235 words/page)

Alcoholism

The bottle is never too far from the hand of Mr. Smith. He goes home and yells at his children. He sometimes hits them and his wife, too. When the family isn’t fighting, they’re not talking. Mrs. Smith is depressed and the kids are emotional wrecks. This situation isn’t as fictional as it may sound. Alcoholism is a widespread problem all over the United States. 104 million people (46.6%) in the United States are …showed first 75 words of 845 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 845 total…with the body when excessive amount of alcohol are consumed, consequences include things such as loss of dopamine receptors which make it harder to achieve happiness. As a result of substance abuse, family life and social life suffers greatly, leading to such things as depression and almost inevitably separation of the family. Even the children of an alcoholic will feel the pain of the father’s addiction, potentially becoming addicts or abusers of alcohol themselves.

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