Who are alcoholics and what is the alcoholism?

Often, people consider those words abusive. But in fact, alcoholics are called ordinary people who are dependent on alcohol, i.e. organisms such people depend on this chemical substance. But alcoholism is called a chronic disease. The person who is dependent on alcohol, just obsessed with him, he is unable to control its dose, despite the fact that it causes very serious problems at work and in the family, and brings chaos into his financial Affairs.

About excessive alcohol consumption say at the stage when the symptoms of dependence have not formed completely. But here's the problem with the abuse of alcohol are all smooth, and she begins to occupy a significant part of the life of the alcoholic.

the Use allowable amount of alcohol, often does not bring psychological or physical harm. But, unfortunately, not all people know how to limit yourself in alcohol drinking for relaxation or for some occasion. Even such seemingly not the frequent use of alcohol eventually produces some people to very frequent use, may cause psychological problems and destructive consequences to their health.

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  • according to the Russian monitoring centre on drugs and alcohol: 1 out of 13 people in Russia to some extent dependent on alcohol and many of these people already have huge problems with alcohol;
  • the national Institute of health (NIH) reports that 15 % of the US population is "problematic drinkers", which nuzhdayutsya in . As a result, 5 - 10% of men, and 3rd- 5% of women can make a diagnosis of "alcohol dependence";
  • the who (world health organization) reports that in the world there are at least 140 million alcoholics, and predominant majority of them do not receive absolutely no treatment;
  • U.S. data: approximately one-third of the U.S. population at some point in their lives have reported problems with alcohol;
  • More insidious alcoholism runs in women than in men. However this statement is not an axiom. From all the statements are always the exception. Such conclusion was confirmed by a coordinated joint study in different countries of the world;
  • a Study of Canadians showed that alcohol is the leading cause of death in 1 of 25 cases;
  • Medical Association of great Britain reports that in Scotland every day alcohol kills 6 people
  • a study by the University of California (USA, San Diego) say: men have a lifetime risk of occurrence of problems with alcohol without developing alcoholism * is > 20 %, the risk of alcohol abuse is 15 %, the risk of formation of alcohol dependence is 10 %.

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Source: http://uzinform.com.ua/

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