Essays on Alcoholism

For this assignment, I decided to try to abstain from biting my finger nails. I’ve been biting my finger nails for as long as I can remember. When I was younger I had no idea why I was biting them I just did. But now that I’m growing up, I have come to realize the…

Alcohol is a highly profitable industry, with over $400 billion in purchases in the US alone in 2013, as reported by an economic website. It is pervasive, found in households and grand restaurants alike. However, alcohol is also a major contributor to the annual death rate and has ruined countless lives through excessive drinking or…

While it’s estimated that two billion people worldwide consume alcohol, there’s a smaller percentage of people who become alcoholics (Comer 385). Alcoholism, also known as Alcohol Use Disorder, is the most severe form of alcohol abuse. As an alcoholic, one is unable to manage their drinking habits and also struggles with feeling as though they…

Instead of solely measuring the impact of alcoholism on work productivity and its role in highway fatalities, recent studies now focus on how alcoholism affects the family, particularly the children of alcoholics. Numerous studies have examined the heredity aspect of alcoholism and found that alcoholics tend to have more biological relatives with alcohol issues than…

Edwin Arlington Robinson frequently explores the distress and profound difficulties encountered by individuals throughout their lives in his poetry. This recurring motif is evident in his works such as “Richard Cory,” “Miniver Cheevy,” and “Mr. Flood’s Party.” Loneliness, the consequences of excessive alcohol consumption, and suicide commonly emerge as key concerns in his verses. It…

Today, many teenagers falsely believe that they are invulnerable to alcohol addiction, leading to a lack of true understanding about this issue. This paper will examine the indicators of alcoholism in teenagers and its underlying factors, which encompass stress, familial issues, and the yearning for social acceptance. Alcoholic beverages primarily consist of ethyl alcohol or…

I attended an AA meeting back home in St. Louis during spring break. It was an “open” meeting, required by the course. The meeting wasn’t like I expected. I was under the impression that the room was going to be full of alcoholics, standing up and saying, “Hi, I’m (blank), and I’m an Alcoholic.” Like…

Alcoholism is a disease that affects millions of lives everyday. Most dont realize they even have a problem until its too late. It is a disease that affects almost every family in America in one way or another including mine. I learned a very important lesson about the disease that afflicted my grandfather when I…

In today’s society many teenagers are introduced to new ideas every day. Teenage years often include adjusting to new people, and experimenting and trying out many unfamiliar ideas. As a teenager some maybe naïve and not fully think of consequences, and or long term effects of indulging in these type of activities. The cause for…

A new study found students who doubt their abilities to handle bad moods or bad situations are more prone to drinking. This is just the latest in a number of alcohol studies coming out in relation to college students. College students are always easy targets for these surveys, since many students are finally away from…