Alcohol dependence - Liceul M. Eminescu Leova

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Alcohol dependece or alcoholism Is alcohol addiction a disease? Alcohol addiction is inherited? Alcohol addiction can be cured? What types of people have the tendency to become addicted to alcohol? If an alcoholic does not want to be helped is a possibility to treat him? What is the average amount of alcohol can be consumed? Alcohol dependece or alcoholism Alcoholism also know as 'alcohol dependece' is a disease that consists of a strong need to drink, and not cease the consum of alcohol in the moment when appear problems caused by alcohol, ex: job loss or breaking the law and it consequences. Alcohol dependence includes four symptoms: -Uncontrollable need to drink alcohol. -Loss of control – the inability to limit drinking to one glass at a special ocasion. -Psychological addiction – symptoms caused by abstinence from alcohol, such as dizziness, nausea, anxiety, tremors and sweating. -Tolerance – the need to increase the amount of alcohol to feel the effects. Is alcohol addiction a disease? Yes. Alcoholism is chronic disease, often progressive, with symptoms that include the need to drink alcohol despite adverse affects. Like many other diseases, has a generally predictable course, recognizable symptoms and is influenced by genetic factors and the surrounding. Alcohol addiction is inherited? Alcoholism is transmitted from generation to generation; only then becoming disease, but genetic factors partially explain this pattern. Currently, researchers are on track to finding genes that influence vulnerability to alcoholism. A person's environment, such as: -The influence of friends -Stress levels -Ease of obstinate alcohol ...