| How come some people become alcoholics and | | | | part of fitting into the group and of having fun. Then, |
| others do not? The people could have the exact | | | | over time, drinking becomes a habit to the point that |
| same upbringing, drink the same amount, be the | | | | the body becomes addicted. But this does not explain |
| same nationality or even in the same family. There is | | | | why those who stop and live with tee toilers start up |
| not a definitive answer as to why alcoholics become | | | | again so easily. |
| alcoholics. There are almost as many theories as | | | | Part Of A Larger Problem |
| there are alcoholics. With alcohol abuse, it usually is a | | | | With alcohol abuse, causes for why someone turns |
| series of pressures combined that pushes a casual | | | | to alcohol for comfort and support are due to many |
| drinker over the edge into addiction. | | | | personal reasons combining with any predisposition to |
| Nature Or Nurture? | | | | mental illness such as depression. Alcohol gives a false |
| Alcoholism is defined by doctors all around the world | | | | sense of security. Drinking has been reported among |
| as a disease, not a personality flaw. Some people do | | | | alcoholics to make them seem as if they are in |
| seem to be more genetically predisposed to alcohol | | | | charge of their lives and they panic at their seeming |
| abuse. Causes for this predisposition is thought to be | | | | powerlessness when they sober up. If a person |
| certain genes that make a person crave alcohol more | | | | cannot figure out how to cope with the peaks and |
| than usual. But if both of your parents were heavily | | | | valleys of life and cannot take responsibility for their |
| into alcohol abuse, causes that are purely genetic do | | | | lives, he or she may turn to alcohol abuse. Causes of |
| not explain the many non-alcoholic children of alcoholic | | | | why they choose alcohol among all of the other legal |
| parents. | | | | addictions available (food, sex, money, shopping) are |
| There is also the thought that alcoholism happens | | | | unknown. |
| because of the attitudes of peers. Alcohol is legal and | | | | Once a person is addicted to alcohol, they will always |
| a socially acceptable drug for relaxation and letting | | | | be so for the rest of their lives, even if they |
| your hair down. Drinking is often seen as compulsory | | | | successfully stop drinking. Just one drink, even after |
| in some parts of society like college fraternities, | | | | years of sobriety, will often set them off in a drinking |
| builders and heavy laborers. First, drinking is seen as a | | | | binge again. |