AlcoholismSEBASTIAN OSPINA AGUDELO

Definition

Alcoholism, also known as alcohol use disorder, and generally

refers to alcohol addiction, which is the compulsive and

uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages.

What is an alcoholic?

An alcoholic is a man or a woman that have a distinct physical desire to consume alcohol beyond their capacity to control it, regardless of all rules of common sense.

Early age alcohol use

Today, the average age a Colombian girl has her first drink near 13; for a boy 11.Young people who drink are more likely to be the victims of violent crime, to be involved in alcohol-related traffic accidents, and to have depression and anxiety.

Things that get a teenager into the alcoholism

Genetics

 A kid with an alcoholic parent is more likely to develop a problem with alcohol at young age than someone without him.

For the acceptation of the society

 Teenagers who believe alcohol makes it easier to socialize, for example, tend to drink more than those who don’t believe that alcohol loosens their social inhibitions.

Gender

Men are more

likely to drin

k

heavily than

women, but

women become

addicted at lower

levels and sh

orter

duration of u

se. 

Problems that the alcoholism generate

Mental disorders

Depression Bipolar disorder Anxiety

Depression

Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity.

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Bipolar disorder

Is a mental disorder characterized by periods of elevated mood and periods of depression.

Anxiety

Anxiety is a normal human emotion that everyone experiences at times. Many people feel anxious, or nervous, when faced with a problem at work, before taking a test, or making an important decision.

Complications of alcoholism 

Memory loss 

Also called amnesia,

happens when a

person loses the

ability to remember

information and

events they would

normally be able to

recall.

Hypertension

Is a chronic medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is elevated. 

Fatigue

 Is a subjective feeling of tiredness which is distinct from weakness, and has a gradual onset.