How Alcoholism Affects Our Society Today

How Alcoholism Affects Our Society Today As a society everyone of us often feels the need to fit in with others and fall into a common group. Often everybody falls into peer pressure because we see it as if there doing it I should to. Or the feel of need to forget about our problems sometimes we make irresponsible choices. That is why in today’s society alcohol plays such a big role part in our life’s. Alcohol is a drug which we use at any age and any ethnic backgrounds, and that has serious effects on our family’s but not many of us realize this. Alcoholism is often considered as a medical disease, but its better treated as a psychological dysfunction. Alcohol today is America’s number-one drug problem. According to authors Dale B. Hahn, Wayne A. Payne, Ellen B. Lucas, “alcohol remains the preferred drug most American adults, including college students, but as a society we are increasingly uncomfortable with the ease with which alcohol can be misused” (171). Moreover alcohol has been known to be taken advantage of a lot; and to feel or be recognized by a certain way of our peers. Why do so many people drink or feel the need to fall into a certain category of our surroundings? As a 2008 study research was made by web4health.info indicates, “A lot of research has been done to find and explore the reason why people drink alcohol….the following answers came up, sociability (71%), like the taste (51%) , feel at ease (12%), get intoxicated (6%), get drunk (2%), because everybody does it (6%), to forget problems (0%)” (Moelker N.pg). Drinking alcohol has always been a social activity to many, but it has also been a huge addiction to the society. Its more of a bad habit to me. In addition it becomes the need to drink alcohol to function normally. Because alcoholism makes people feel at ease with there socializing lifestyles. Not everyone drinks to fit in, the research proves 51% of the majority drink because of the taste enjoyment (Moelker N.pg). Just like we all have