Alcohol and Society

It has long been a problem of alcoholism consequences is in our society quite acute. At present day situation is that about one-third of all suicides, more than half of all violent crimes, and over 80% of all traffic accidents and fires in the homes of people committed to the strong form of intoxication. Just think about this terrible statistics.

Moreover, depending on the "green dragon" surprisingly versatile - strikes indiscriminately, regardless of age. Drink everything from school children and ending with the elderly. Although the latter age group are not so plentiful - alcohol consumption significantly reduces the life of those who use it (and it does not matter in what quantities), so rare a drinking man survive even before retirement age.

Should be particularly noted that, in addition to alcoholic violations of public order and committing his crimes against innocent people, to a greater extent still suffers from the patient's family. Parents, wives, and children, constantly living side by side with the drinking man, very often subjected to physical abuse. Unfortunately, this is often and deaths of domestic violence.

Most of the families of alcoholics living long-standing stereotypes - "do not wash dirty linen in his hut," "have good wives, husbands will not drink," "not orphans of their children, leaving them without drinking Pope "and the like. Therefore, the presence of an alcoholic in the family tries to carefully (as possible) to hide from others (colleagues, distant relatives, neighbors, friends), considering it a kind of a shameful fact of his (and for some reason, not his) career. Therefore, relatives of the patient continues to suffer until the last (and this is the "last" might be for them the most lamentable) any tricks to drink a family member (scandals, theft, beatings and so on), not tired to forgive "is still not a stranger" to them human.

In the as our society is the largely absent sharply negative attitude to alcohol and dependence on him. It is recognized as undoubtedly present challenges, which try to give a lot of attention from the government at the legislative level. There are laws and prohibitions, there are those who must enforce them at an appropriate level and, indeed, those who are directly concerned. Thus, all that is necessary to lead a normal civilized life activity seems to be available.

However, the achievement of such goals sounds something interferes. And that obstacle is the human consciousness. That is, everyone is aware of, in principle, that the drink is ugly, bad and dangerous. But what if, for example, prevents sellers of alcohol-containing products, strictly implement the ban on the sale of liquor to minors and adolescents not knowingly sell poor-quality alcohol, from the use which the buyer can not only poison but also to die? Maybe, thirst order of magnitude greater profits or fear of losing their jobs, perhaps contempt for all drinks subjects that sometimes it is due to bad experience in his personal life with such a man?

In the first place - it's simple human indifference ( "I, I do not, and the problem is not my "). No one wants to think big about the consequences of alcohol dependence . A situational alcohol directly away from his people not particularly suffer. Wondered the same about the fact that this is a problem that can trap almost any (leaves a wife, fired from work, die, native people, etc.), no one wants. Drinks youth? Well, okay, it's other people's children, it's something brought in rigor. And if drunk young people today will kill tomorrow is your child? Uses husband? Yes, all this is not without sin. Meanwhile, from the alcoholics are often born sick offspring. This is the whole essence of Russian society - "until the thunder breaks out in the sky, the Russian people will not cross."

And what is he an alcoholic ? He's also a member of the same society. Alkogolezavisimy rarely can recognize (especially myself) that really is sick. In a drunken state, he reckless in withdrawal drunk too much suffering to all to think about anything other than "sober". A more or less long period of sobriety to the person immediately starts to lean them as much running every day, family and work problems, he just wants to take up the bottle again and all this busy forget. That's a vicious and senseless circle, out of which unassisted few people can.

Alcoholism problem - a massive disaster, and its roots lie somewhere in our society. Therefore, the decision should be not only in the state but on the public, human level.