“That’s the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.” -Charles Bukowski, (Women, 1978)
1.1 Background
Upon competing in the socially challenged world, most people pick up a supplement for their poor social adjustment. One of the most common and leading help these individuals seek is alcohol, which is widely being used as a coping and/or enhancement mechanism.
Malaysia, a nation that made up of diverse groups, the religion value of each group forbids the use of intoxicants. As shared by Azizi Yahaya (2006), in the Koran, the Surah Al-Maidah 5:90.91 says “Wine and games of chance are abominations devised by the devil. Avoid them so that you may prosper. The devil seeks to up enmity and hatred among you by means of wine and gambling, and to keep you from the remembrance of Allah and from your prayers. Will you not abstain from them?”. One of the Eight Precepts of Buddhism states very clearly, “Buddhists should abstain from
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However, with the exposure to Westernization over time, Malaysia grows to be competent with European countries and has become the home for many international brewer and distillers (Jernigan & Indran, 1999).
The most well-known and widely used alcohol; a family of organic substances consisting of the elements carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, is ethanol (Azizi Yahaya, 2006). Alcohol is usually consumed in the form of alcoholic beverages. Brandy has about 40% of ethanol content, whisky has about 37% to 40%, samsu has 37% to 70%, toddy has 12% to 14%, stout has 8% and lastly lager has 5% (Azizi Yahaya,
1. Student goals (2) for each group. Members of AA groups are united by the desire to abstain from alcohol use as it causes a debilitating disease in their lives. Support groups reinforce positive behaviors, increase self esteem and provide safety. The first goal for attending an AA meeting was to identify characteristics of low self esteem related to alcohol addition.
In 2012, 3.3 million deaths, or over 5.9 percent of all global deaths were attributed to alcohol consumption. And as we see, since 2012, these numbers still continue to increase. According to these percentages, alcoholism has become a very major problem in our generation. Yet despite the warnings, people still continue to drink and slowly harm themselves. In our day to day lives, we see people drink on social media very often.
The audience is aware of the detrimental effects that alcoholism can have upon a person’s life. “Life with him and the loss of him twisted us into shapes that will be familiar to other sons and daughters of alcoholics. My brother became a rebel, my sister retreated into shyness, I played the stalwart and dutiful son who would hold the family together” (Sanders 743). On the other hand, the audience is ignorant of alcoholism, “While growing up on the back roads and in the country schools and cramped Methodist churches of Ohio and Tennessee, I never heard the word alcoholism, never happened across it in books or magazines.
As a country, we need to redefine the culture surrounding alcohol so that we can create a society which breeds knowledge and understanding about alcohol. People are going to drink and get drunk no matter what the legal age is. Our only hope as a society is to address what it means to us to have “socially responsible drinking.” The next task is to figure out how to teach it. By generating informed citizens and exposing them to this knowledge at an early age, we can aim to demystify the term “drinking responsibly.”
Binge drinking has become a major problem with many college students on campus. This is because of numerous universities ' grounds that abstain from taking a gander at the issues of club and sorority that partake in gatherings that has a craving for drinking is the most ideal approach to have a fabulous time. So as to eliminate binge drinking on school grounds is to get more instructors, senior members, and grounds security to get more include with their students. This can be through gatherings and counseling 's, to talk about the influences of binge drinking and what has on their wellbeing and their future in school. This will help students to comprehend that liquor misuse is a negative response to their future and
Society has left an invisible impact on how we perceive the college lifestyle as a whole. This ranges from the belief that all students are sleep deprived from staying up too late to finish their homework. Also the sociological acceptance that college is the place to party and drink every single weekend. Theirs a sociological point of view and how society has played a key part in underage drinking being accepted in college towns. Not just limited to the effects of alcohol on a student’s wellbeing; also, the short term and long term conditions that can arise from binge drinking.
Alcoholism is a chronic brain disease that affects all walks of life and does not have any bounders (Gossop, Stewart, & Marsden, 2008). I choose to attend an Alcoholic Anonymous (AA) meeting since this disease is prevalent among adolescents and adults. The meeting was held in the first-floor forum at Pilgrim Congressional Church in Queens New York. The goals of the AA meeting were stated explicitly by the leader conducting the meeting. The mission of the organization is to maintain sobriety by helping alcoholics achieve recovery.
Drinking in excess cause cause problems for the drinker and the people around them. According to the NIAAA, " Harmful and underage college drinking are significant public health problems, and they exact an enormous toll on the intellectual and social lives of students on campuses across the United States. " The person who drinks in excess soon loses their focus and their grades will start to suffer. Not only does the active drinker 's grades drop, but soon they will start to lose friends and become more isolated. Studies have shown that binge drinking is used as a coping mechanism, stress reducer and/ or depression reliever.
Some might say that the use of alcohol is common place and nothing more than a stepping stone in the ritual of being a college student. The problem is the consequences of binge drinking and excessive drinking should not be accepted as “ritual” or common place. Some consequences are extremely problematic and not only impact the individual but have lasting consequences for the college environment in a global sense.
A secret knock, password or handshake could get a prospective drinker through a door that appeared to lead to an ordinary apartment, deli, tailor, or soda shop. Once inside, however, there was plenty of drinking and entertainment, including torch singers, cabaret singers, and vaudeville acts” (PBS). Although prohibition was supposedly a restriction of freedom, America has found secret ways to use alcohol as a way of positive and negative personal
In conclusion, the alcohol industry has been soaring to its peaks in contrast to the prior times, and it is hard to determine a sole factor that could contribute to the incline in the alcohol consumption as a whole. Whether it was a historical tradition that gradually became more accepted by the society in collaboration with religion or whether policy makers rendered its route into the economically driven markets prioritizing either the government revenues or the public safety. Technology and advancement amidst media and marketing of alcoholic beverages and brands have led to a drastic increase in the consumption of alcohol. Consumption of alcohol has also become a cultural hegemony further wandering into the Eastern part of the world, and other developing countries that may someday be more adapting to new ideas and norms with growing media and technology. The alcohol industry is booming with the producer - consumer relationship, media portraying it in adverse and favourable manner, while technology is bringing innovation, marketing, supply altogether and finally the government amending its every
“I use to be a heavy drinker and I came close to being an out-and-out alcoholic - very close” (44). Mary Crow Dog explains how she did not like the feeling of waking up feeling sick, but
It apears that children who exprienced drinking at young age will also continously and habitually drink in the future once they grow up. They do not simple do this occasionally but it has become a frequent and habitual addiction (Christiansen et al. 7). In totality, drinking alcoholic beverages of teenagers is not is unhealthy, unsafe, and unacceptable. More and likely teens that drink are trailing behind in their education because of how alcohol affects them so bad. Some parents allow their children drink alcoholic beverages under certain circumstances with their
Resolutions for how Louisa should modify her indulgence is: Acknowledging her drinking problem. Even though, her social life may be amazing, Louisa’s academics and physique are suffering due to the extensive amounts of more than five drinks a weekend. If Louisa realizes that she needs to change her habits and prioritize her lifestyle, then she can begin to confide with support groups, friends, or at least family members in order to dispose of her dangerous habit; Focusing on the optimistic long-term outcomes and how they outweigh the short-term benefits of social drinking and going out to parties every night. Because a cutback in consumption will eventually lead to her participating, once again, in school-related events, obtaining satisfaction
ALCOHOLISM How many times have you heard about the consequences of alcoholism? Have you taken them into account? Alcoholism is one of the major problems in society. People don’t take it so seriously but it actually is a disease. The effects of this disease are really serious.