With Alcohol Abuse, Causes Are Multilayered

How come some people become alcoholics andpart of fitting into the group and of having fun. Then,
others do not? The people could have the exactover time, drinking becomes a habit to the point that
same upbringing, drink the same amount, be thethe body becomes addicted. But this does not explain
same nationality or even in the same family. There iswhy those who stop and live with tee toilers start up
not a definitive answer as to why alcoholics becomeagain so easily.
alcoholics. There are almost as many theories asPart Of A Larger Problem
there are alcoholics. With alcohol abuse, it usually is aWith alcohol abuse, causes for why someone turns
series of pressures combined that pushes a casualto 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 worldsense of security. Drinking has been reported among
as a disease, not a personality flaw. Some people doalcoholics to make them seem as if they are in
seem to be more genetically predisposed to alcoholcharge of their lives and they panic at their seeming
abuse. Causes for this predisposition is thought to bepowerlessness when they sober up. If a person
certain genes that make a person crave alcohol morecannot figure out how to cope with the peaks and
than usual. But if both of your parents were heavilyvalleys of life and cannot take responsibility for their
into alcohol abuse, causes that are purely genetic dolives, he or she may turn to alcohol abuse. Causes of
not explain the many non-alcoholic children of alcoholicwhy they choose alcohol among all of the other legal
parents.addictions available (food, sex, money, shopping) are
There is also the thought that alcoholism happensunknown.
because of the attitudes of peers. Alcohol is legal andOnce a person is addicted to alcohol, they will always
a socially acceptable drug for relaxation and lettingbe so for the rest of their lives, even if they
your hair down. Drinking is often seen as compulsorysuccessfully 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 abinge again.