The Alcohol Related Deaths And Alcohol Related Problems That Are Correlated With Abusive And Hazardous Drinking And What Can Be Done About Alcohol Abuse And Alcohol Addiction In Our Country

How many children are born each year with fetal alcohol syndrome? How many people's lives are cut short due to excessive and abusive drinking? How many people get injured or lose their lives in alcohol related traffic accidents every year? How many individuals lose their lives every year because of drinking problems? How many junior high, high school, and college students lose their lives every year due to an alcohol overdose? How many people are the victims of alcohol related crime or violence each and every year? How many people face serious consequences in their lives because they received a DUI conviction? How many people die each year from a condition that is totally preventable, such as alcohol poisoning? On an annual basis, how many alcoholics fail to get the professional alcohol treatment they need?

So what is the main reason for asking these questions? Primarily to emphasize the destructive and devastating nature of excessive and hazardous drinking. Indeed, and based on the above questions, it is a wonder why anyone would choose to drink in an excessive manner.

Stated a different way, with the host of legal proceedings, financial issues, employment difficulties, relationship dilemmas, and health problems that are interrelated with alcohol dependency and chronic alcohol abuse, why would any person with good reasoning skills want to drink in an abusive and hazardous manner? If truth be told when some of the above topics are looked at more closely, abusive drinking becomes more illogical and makes even less sense.

Wouldn't you think that heavy drinkers would be able to see some of the alcoholism symptoms that they manifest? In a similar way, doesn't it seem logical to think that more chronic alcohol abusers would be able to see some of the alcoholism signs that they exhibit? Not only this but wouldn't you think that individuals who are addicted to alcohol would try to learn more about their alcoholic symptoms by researching various alcohol related information, statistics, and facts?

After reviewing the medical research findings, the point is so critical that it needs to be restated: With all of the damaging and debilitating consequences that are directly or indirectly linked to repetitive and continuous alcoholism and alcohol abuse, why would any individual want to engage in hazardous drinking?

What can be done about the widespread nature of alcohol addiction and alcohol abuse in our country? First, society needs to get the message to more people about the unhealthy and debilitating consequences of repeated and continuous drinking. Second, people who are alcohol abusers or alcohol dependent need to look look at themselves frankly and ask why they are not getting the professional alcohol treatment they need.

Third, our students need more relevant and more meaningful preventative and educational methods and approaches so that more students at all grade levels, including those at college, are "reached". And fourth, our students need to learn how to become problem solvers in life rather than getting easily drawn to the "instant gratification" and the "quick fix" of a drug or alcohol abuse "buzz" or "high".

There's room for optimism and hope if people can start drinking in moderation and those who engage in abusive drinking can become motivated to get the alcohol treatment they require. Indeed, why put your loved ones through turmoil, suffering and pain because of your abusive and hazardous drinking when you have the power to control your life by drinking responsibly or even quitting drinking if you cannot control your drinking?

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