Before that he was tormenting and made Gein live a hell on earth. Even though George Gein’s personality may not have been fully betrayed throughout Ed’s life due to his alcoholism, he affected Ed in ways he may not have been fully aware of. According to Dr. Michael Windle, " from prenatal influences leading to learning and memory problems, to vulnerabilities in behavioral control and aggression in adulthood, a significant number of COAs exhibit psychological and/or interpersonal difficulties. In fact, COAs can be differentiated from nondistressed and psychiatric comparison groups in regard to such factors as personality characteristics, depressive symptomatology, and educational attainments.” George’s alcohol abuse could have given Ed a lot more aggression especially when he started to grow up and realize the type of person his father really was. Side effects to being an alcoholic included violence, which Ed knew way to well.
Too much of anything can produce an addiction whether its drugs, food, gambling, or even the internet. However the effect that alcohol and drugs produces can cause loss of productivity and physical dependence. Within addiction its primary feature is that the addict shows psychological dependence on the addiction and without the substance they are unable to maintain a normal life. When addicts become extremely dependant on drugs it causes loss of sense of reality and the withdrawal symptoms can cause a psychological change in the body resulting in pain or even medical
Some people are shy and by using substances such as drugs and alcohol can help them not be nervous to talk or socialize better. There are also many cons of substance abuse, if abused it can cause increased risk of cancer in the mouth, breast, among others. Substance abuse can also reduce nutrient absorption, lower inhibitions leading to high risk behaviors such as unprotected sex or drinking and driving. People also tend to do things they wouldn’t normally do in a sober environment, they can murder or assault somebody without even knowing what they have done or don’t remember. It can also make use have poor decision makings through misperceptions of our own
Alcoholism What is alcoholism? "Alcoholism" is a disease! This disease creates a dependency; whereby the individual is unable to stop drinking without assistance. At first there is the mild and annoying stage, after which come the stage of severity, and finally the stage of life threatening. Let’s look a little closer at how and why we classify alcoholism as a disease and a burden on society.
Alcohol Crisis Intervention BSHS/471 Alcohol Crisis Intervention Alcohol dependency can play a huge role when it comes to dealing with certain situations. A person who is depressed may turn to alcohol to alleviate these problems. Alcohol has a negative effect on relationships, mental, physical, and emotional states. The users who depend on alcohol to suppress these emotions and issues put him or her in harms way. Alcohol can be physically damaging for many aspects of the body including important organs such as the liver and pancreas.
It can cause injuries, acute illnesses, chronic diseases and cancer and lastly death if not treated upon. If such diseases are not treated upon many of them can become life threatening. The excessive consumption of alcohol can causes major social impact to not only the consumer but also the community. The consumer becomes addicted to the use of alcohol causing a great impact on their social life. As seen in the case study of Derek Donald who has lost contact with his family members as a result of his hazardes drinking and the effect it has on everyone around him.
Students who go to parties and do not drink a lot or students who do drink a lot will eventually enjoy getting drunk at one point. This leads to students’ binge drinking more often, thus leading to missing classes and the decline of their
Alcohol irreversibly damages the developing brain. The damage can range from severe physical deformity, clumsiness, behavioral problems, and stunted growth to mental retardation. | | | | flashbacks | are recurrences of certain aspects of a person's drug use without the user having repeated the use of the drug. They are experienced by many LSD users. | | |
The teens often get involved in many kinds of drinking games such as beer pong, flip cup and kings cup to name a few. As the night goes on, teens begin to get drunk and bad decisions are being made. Young teens could get very drunk because of excessive drinking and begin to get sick, which could lead to alcohol poisoning. Worst of all, others may get behind the wheel of a car and attempt to drive themselves or others home. These are just a few of the problems that happen today to our teens.
Herbert, M., & Scribner's, C. (2010). Alcoholism. Human diseases and conditions, 1: 51-58. The author describe alcoholism as a condition or disease in which people crave alcohol and keep drinking in which it cause problems in a person life. The author writes about the diseases and condition of long and short term use of alcohol.