Comments on: Study Finds 5 Types Of Alcoholics

Research Also Shows More Than Half Of U.S. Alcoholics Are Young Adults

[toldyouso21]

Possibly it is called a disease becausse of what alcohol does to your body. Just a guess. I think there is one type of alcoholic, the one who can't control the drinking. Not because of lack of discipline, just can't control it.
Posted by dmk3 at 03:47 PM : Jul 02, 2007

One of the commonalities of alcoholics is not only an addiction disorder, but often there is an obsessive compulsive component. What ever they do, they tend to do to the extreme and do a lot of it. Often those with such a problem would simply switch addictions if they could not practice their one of choice. A study in the late 1980s showed those with addictive personalities were just as apt to do drugs or have sexual or gambling addictions as have an alcohol dependency. The theory is that there is some sort of biochemical imbalance that incorrectly latches on to the fixation and fix of a stimuli and then pursues it to excess and cannot stop. This is why it is considered a disease. The cirrhosis of the liver and other diseases are the end result of alcoholism but the disease is the obsessive nature of wanting to do something so much and so often, until it is destructive to one's life.

[dmk3]

Possibly it is called a disease becausse of what alcohol does to your body. Just a guess. As far as not doing any of those things when you are high from weed.YOU CAN'T! YOU ARE HIGH! POSSIBLY HAVE NO CLUE OF WHERE YOU ARE!YOU WILL NEVER HAVE A CAR ACCIDENT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FIND YOUR KEYS (THAT ARE IN YOUR POCKET) AND IF YOU DO YOU CAN'T FIND YOUR CAR BECAUSE YOU ARE IN YOUR BATHROOM LOOKING FOR IT! AND I HAVE 2ND HAND OBESITY BECAUSE I LIVE WITH SOMEONE WHO EATS ALL OF THE TIME AND I AM GREEDY.

I think there is one type of alcoholic, the one who can't control the drinking. Not because of lack of discipline, just can't control it.

[Kitty Lady]

I have had as many alcoholics in my family as teetotalers. The worst one is a nephew whose father dropped dead in front of him when he was 9 years old. He had no counseling because in those days, he was not even considered. He is now 37 and is a complete mess. He does not think he has a problem, but the entire rest of the family does, and none of us are rich enough to have him hospitalized. He no longer drives because they took awaay his license years ago. He is an excellent craftsman, but cannot keep a job. One of life's losers, I guess. Tis sad, but true.

[missingamerica]

People who deal in absolutes are a drain on society and should be put in prison. ('Cept me.)

[iceman_1960]

"alcoholics are a drain on society and should be put in prison"
- Posted by markjessup at 01:29 AM : Jul 02, 2007

On what charge ?

And how would you define "alcoholic" so precisely that you would have enforeable laws about it ?

Or should we just bring back Prohibition ?

[acauble1]

alcoholics are a drain on society and should be put in prison
Posted by markjessup at 01:28 AM : Jul 02, 2007
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AGREED!

And replace all those marijuana users that are currently in prison! Why?? Here's a pop quiz:

1. When was the last time someone stoned was accused of beating the krap out of their spouse and/or children?

2. When was the last time someone stoned caused a major car accident, killing one or more innocent people!

3. When was the last time a group of stoned people started a riot that caused thousands of dollars in damage to public or private property?

4. When was the last time a group of stoned people started a bar fight?

ANSWERS:

1. NEVER
2. EXTREMELY RARE
3. NEVER
4. NEVER

Now anyone who knows the business of politics knows exactly why alcohol is legal and marijuana is not.

And that's just how FVCKED UP our society is in this country.

[acauble1]

I weigh just a few pounds shy of 300. Yet people accuse people like me of causing so many ills of society. Granted, not to my face, but in their minds (tiny as they may be).

These hypocrates, usually healthy looking younger adults, (college aged), are the ones that strike me as having livers that are more pickled than most cucumbers at a salad bar. They're the ones who are more likely to binge drink and/or smoke cigars, cigarettes, or joints at various social functions to gain acceptance among their piers.

Last I checked, there is no such thing as "driving while obese" or "second-hand obesity".

So if there's any vice that is less harmful to others, (other than yourself), it is unhealthy food and unhealthy food intake.

Given a choice of addictions... food addictions are far less harmful to a society than alcohol and other drug addictions... by a wide margin (no pun intended).

No, this is not an excuse to make a midnight run to Krispykreme, but this is just an FYI to the hypcrates who look down on others with severe weight problems as 'less-than-human'.

The younger people with alcohol addictions do not tend to have the physical appearances that advertise their addiction. They tend to look healthy, energetic, sometimes with a trendy/preppy appearance. On the other hand, people who suffer from food addiction are quite noticeable as their waist-line clearly shows their addiction.

[erasmus6]

somebloke

"If you're 21 and life is peachy, but you sometimes get buzzed with your buddies from the fraternity or sorority...you're not an alcoholic, you're just an average college student."

"...don't be afraid to let your hair down and have a cold one with your friends."

WRONG. If you have an addictive personality this is how it starts.

People need to start having fun by doing other things besides drinking. It is like an epidemic.

It seems like everybody has a drinking problem these days. Where I used to live I was surrounded by people that drank. The neighbors on one side were always drinking. I went over and knocked on the door one day and the wife came to the door, she was drunk and her kids were running around everywhere. The neighbors on the otherside, the husband had a wine room outside, where he made wine. He spent most of his nights there drinking it. The neighbors across the street, the husband had his beer every night. These people were all alcoholics.

A friend of mine and my two sisters-in-law started drinking wine when they got home from work. What started out as a glass or two ended up being the whole bottle. I have to give them credit, they figured out they had a problem before it got out of control.

What starts out as a few drinks with the buddies, for some that is all it will be, for others it is the road to being full blown alcoholics.

[incog-nito]

bohdawg: Except for certain hard drugs like heroin, alcohol withdrawal symptoms are nowhere near extreme (don't ask me how I know). Nobody ever died from the effects of quitting alcohol. I had much more trouble trying to quit caffeine, each time getting a massive headache, feeling groggy all day, unable to function well for at least a week. Why don't they call caffeine addiction a disease too? Then again maybe they will in the future too.

[bohdawg]

I only think they label it as a disease because it has those withdrawal symptoms when its extreme. Normal habits don't have those. i'm no doctor.