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Alcoholism

Alcoholism
Alcoholism is a disease which consists basically of continually craving and consuming compulsive and excessive amounts of alcohol.

1. Causes of the disease
Alcoholism can be caused by a few different things. The causes are usually physical, genetic, environmental, psychological or social factors (which are high variable from person to person.)
The Genetic factors are critical as a person who had an alcoholic parents risk of being an alcoholic is four to five times greater. Due to conditioning and upbringing some people are more inclined to become alcoholics. Drinking is socially satisfactory and an accepted cultural activity so the open availability of alcohol instead of other drugs makes it that some people are more inclined to become alcoholics than others.
Another cause of alcoholism is the emotional factors involved. If someone has gone through an emotional relapse (such as a break-up, job loss or loss of a social status) they turn to alcohol for brief escape of reality. It turns then into a vicious cycle as the person finishes with the brief escape and is left with the basic problems once again and is left with the only psychological outlook they can place together which is to drink again, it is then that drinking is no longer a choice. This certain lack of choice stems from an adjustment in the body and brain that become part of the causes of alcoholism. The cause of alcoholism here then becomes physical as irregular thinking patterns and personality characteristics.
Some people however, simply lack a definite amount of impulse control. People such as these obviously want to feel good but have a lot of difficulty with delayed satisfaction. Scientists identified the frontal brain lobe for this activity. To these personalities drinking is a compulsive habit which is out of control as they become addicted. They begin to use alcohol to escape from pressures and pain of daily living but can become consumed with drinking. This drinking then...