Hey hiii.everyone over there.well today I am going to throw light on ’alcoholism’ because it’s one of the biggest problems that people are facing these days!well thank god that no one from my side drinks alcohol.and that’s really good you know.well this information has been written after a lot of survey.so here it goes.
Mankind has not suffered any great calamity than brought about by the use of alcohol and drug addiction.if statistics were collected worldwide of all the patients in hospitals who, due to alcohol and drug abuse, are suffering from mental disorders, delirium tremens, nervous breakdowns, and ailments of the digestive tract, to which are added the statisticsof soaring crime rates, suicides, homicides, bankruptcies, sales of properties, and broken homes related to the consumption of alcohol and drugs, the number of such cases would be so staggering that, in comparison to it, all exhortation and preaching against drinking would seem too little for those people who are badly addicted to drinking.
Realizing the magnitude of alcoholism, many coutries have taken different steps or measures to control it.The United States as an example banned the consumption and selling of all forms of alcoholic beverages and other types in 1920.This was known as the Prohibition law. This law lasted from1920 to 1933 .However with the might of the FBI and the other law enforcement agencies, it resulted in a great failure and prehaps could never succeeded.
As a matter of fact the enactment of the National Prohibition Act was followed by widespread disregard of it.Illegal manufacturing, transportation and sale of alcoholic beverages became common.it provided criminals a very valuable source of business.the whole experiment resulted in a dismal failure.
STATISTICS:
Roughly one eight American adult drinker is alcoholic or experiences problem due to the use of alcohol.The cost to society is estimated at an excess of$166 billion each year .#Alcohol is a key factor in 68% of assaults, 54% of murders, and attempted murders, 48% of robberies, and 44% burglaries.
Based on victims reports, on an average each year about 37% rapes and sexual assaults involve alcohol use by the offender, as do just over 15% robberies, about 27% aggravated assaults, and 25% simple assaults.
Alcohol contributes to 1000, 000 deaths annually, making it the third leading cause of preventable mortality in the US, after tobacco and diet/activity patterns.
As many as 360, 000 of the nations 12 million undergraduates will ultimately die of alcohol related causes.This is more than the total number who will be awarded advanced degrees.
Well this is all that I could do for the time being.I hope that I have written enough to make it as an eye opener for those who are addicted.or are on the verge of getting addicted.