Why Alcoholism?

[lillywilliam]

I Thought I would share my thinking on how alcoholism gets started.

Some of us are born with a genetic make up that predisposes us to it. Anyone can have it. Some groups that are more susceptible than others are Scandanavians and American Indians. My kids are both. Just because the genes are there does not mean you will be an alcoholic, other things go into it.

Home Life is a big one. The attitudes, behaviors, perceptions, value systems at home while growing up can lead to need for escapism.

How we choose to escape makes a difference. Escaping in non-harmful ways is best especially if we later turn back to whatever the problem was we were getting relief from and figure out how we are going to healthfully and effectively deal with it. We will feel rewarded and self confident in ourselves . Unhealthy escapism will always include escaping but not coping later on. Not developing strategies to deal with any given situation or thing, this leads up back to escapism in a vicious cycle never growing from the experience.

Drinking, drugging, sports, music, dancing, exercise, reading, creating, sex, being a workaholic. These choices impact our lives and will have their impact in differing ways, good and bad.

How we choose to deal with stress. It can be our kids, spouse, finances, illness, jobs, careers, diet, under worked, over worked, losing a loved one that causes stress in our lives. Faulty ways of coping aside from substance abuse can lead to substance abuse itself.

Adults and teens with ADD often choose to self medicate to calm themselves down.

Using drugs and alcohol that are sedatives will be affective but with side affects that are undesirable.

Some women crave alcohol during PMS. I Do not understand why. Maybe it is to relieve stress and muscle tension that can come along with PMS. That is a guess.

Some people like the taste of alcohol and the burning relaxing sensation it has going down.

[Rowanne]

I totally agree with you. I think drugs and Alcohol abuse pretty common in the American society even under age students are involved in drugs and alcohol abuse. The rehabilitation is not that easy in the drugs perspective but in case student they can tolerate the tough treatment whereas adults suffer from serious healthy issues while rehabilitation from drugs and alcohol addiction.