Alcohol N Drug Addiction

We live only once, many of us accept as true. And therefore some say let us eat, drink and be merry. Surely we must eat, drink and be merry now that we believe that we live only once, but must live like men and women, free from health hazards, free from unnecessary cares and worries. So, eating and drinking is alright as long as we know what to accept and what to avoid. Sadly many of us do not have the self-control of saying a “NO” to something which we know is not healthy.
The problem of alcohol and drug abuse is of central concern nowadays. It is especially acute among the youth and this fact horrifies most of all. Today the statistics shows deplorable numbers of young people, drinking and taking drugs.
Alcohol abuse is itself very harmful for a human organism, especially for a young one as it destroys brain cells and other organs. However, the harmful effect on different apparatuses is not the only harm brought by alcohol abuse. The consequences of alcoholic intoxication, as well as of drug usage, are far more ruinous for both the abuser and his environment. Under the influence of drugs young people experience new feelings and are ready to go into the deep end. They are more aggressive and uncontrolled. Astonishingly, the majority of rapes and dangerous sexual intercourse happen under the influence of drugs and alcohol.
What are the reasons of such widespread alcohol dependence? The major reason of this abuse is the psychological instability of teenagers. Young people begin to drink at about seventeen years old when their psychology is unstable and their main aim is to assert themselves. Drugs and alcohol help them to feel free and independent and to do the things that are forbidden for them. Usually being controlled by their parents, they long to break al the rules and bans. Alcohol and drugs give the leeway to feel independent. Therefore, we do not realize the harm, caused by the abuse.
Alcoholism is an evil that has become a cult among young boys and girls,