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Anonymous users2024-02-15Most people have the occasional glass of wine for dinner or a beer while hanging out with friends. But there are others, who can't control their addiction to alcohol and drink glass after glass.
Not all people who drink excessively are considered alcoholics. Some people drink alcohol so often that it affects their family or work; There are also people who are in danger because of their drinking, such as drunk driving, which is called "alcohol abuse." Although they drink in an unhealthy way, alcohol abuse does not necessarily lead to a body's dependence on alcohol.
On the other hand, alcoholics can develop chronic diseases. They develop a physical dependence on alcohol – always wanting to drink, a need that is like most people who want to eat when they are hungry, and once they start drinking, they don't stop. Their bodies develop an alcohol tolerance and need to drink constantly to get satisfaction.
If an alcoholic tries to reduce or stop drinking, withdrawal symptoms occur: sweating, nausea, tremors, anxiety, and delirium tremens (visual hallucinations, vigorous shaking, confusion).
The 2001-2002 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) showed that more than 17 million Americans abused or abused alcohol. There are more men than women who drink heavily:
Over the course of their lifetime, about 10% of men become alcoholics, compared to only 3%-5% of women. If a man drinks more than 14 times a week and a woman drinks more than 7 times a week, there is a risk of binge drinking. Alcohol abuse is more prevalent in younger people (18-44 years) than in older people.
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Anonymous users2024-02-14In fact, alcoholism is mainly due to liver defects, because of liver defects need alcohol, but alcohol will harm the liver, and over time a vicious circle will be formed, so alcoholism is harmful to the body and not beneficial!
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Anonymous users2024-02-13Alcoholism refers to excessive drinking without moderation. It can cause people to lose and reduce their self-control ability to varying degrees, and to carry out certain behaviors that are offensive to morals or illegal crimes. Criminal law and criminologists in various countries believe that alcoholism has a certain social harm, but they have different perceptions of the severity of the harm.
Binge drinking. xùjiǔ]
drinking alcohol without moderation; Drinking and drunkenness: Causing trouble.
Alcoholism encompasses both "alcohol abuse" and "alcohol dependence". In general, if a person is unable to self-control by using alcohol excessively, resulting in cognitive, behavioral, physical, social, or interpersonal impairments or influences, and knowingly refraining from it, it reaches the level of "alcohol abuse". If it worsens, you see drinking as more important than anything else, you have to spend a lot of time or energy drinking or quitting drinking, or you have to drink to feel comfortable (psychological dependence), you have to increase your alcohol intake to achieve the desired effect (tolerance), or you have to develop alcohol withdrawal syndrome, you reach the level of "alcohol dependence".
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Anonymous users2024-02-12The medical community defines alcohol abuse as drinking 5 or more bottles of beer at a time, or having a blood alcohol level of or higher. Since large amounts of alcohol kill nerve cells in the brain, it can lead to memory loss over time.
It may also cause liver diseases such as fatty liver and cirrhosis, and in severe cases, liver transplantation is necessary to save life.
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Anonymous users2024-02-11The drinking is more fierce, and the amount is still very large.
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Anonymous users2024-02-10The degree of alcohol consumption is not the same.
Drinking: Personal hobbies, gatherings with friends, weddings and funerals, family gatherings, etc. I usually drink alone occasionally, but I can grasp the problem of a degree of drinking.
Alcoholism: Basically drink every day, drink at meals, rather than eat but drink, and every time you drink, you will get drunk. Even if you are alone, you will get yourself drunk. Severe dependence on alcohol, alcohol dependence.
Because of poor self-control and poor adaptability. Many people think that alcoholism, Internet addiction, and drug addiction are due to emptiness and loneliness, which is just a human interface; In fact, it has a lot to do with living habits, education when I was a child, and a lot to do with my self-control. People with poor self-control are prone to outbursts, depression, alcoholism, drug abuse, and even violent crimes, especially impulsive crimes.
Staying up late is more harmful to the body: staying up late is a thing that hurts the body and kidneys, often staying up late itself is easy to destroy and disrupt the body's biological clock, and it is easy to cause their own ** quality to become worse and worse in the long run, resulting in tinnitus and deafness and other problems, and staying up late is also easy to increase the risk of obesity. The sympathetic nerves of people who stay up late stay excited for a long time, which can easily lead to memory loss, dizziness, brain swelling, and slow reactions. >>>More
Smoking and alcohol abuse in adolescents not only affects physical development, but also affects the formation of personality.
Because when he began to smoke and drink, his rationality was gradually lost, and his thinking and behavior were controlled by smoking and drinking, so making money was not in his scope of consideration, or in other words, he wanted to make money, but there was nothing he could do.
Alcoholism encompasses both "alcohol abuse" and "alcohol dependence". In general, alcohol abuse occurs when a person is unable to exercise self-control from excessive use of alcohol, resulting in cognitive, behavioral, physical, social, or interpersonal impairments or impairments, and knowingly and without restraint. If it worsens, you see drinking as more important than anything else, you have to spend a lot of time or energy drinking or quitting drinking, or you have to drink to feel comfortable (psychological dependence), or you have to increase your alcohol intake to achieve the desired effect (tolerance), or you have alcohol withdrawal syndrome, you reach the level of "alcohol dependence". >>>More