Alcohol Abuse
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is a very dangerous condition in that it can cause many
problems in a persons life and affect many aspects of their lifestyle.
Alcoholism (or ) somehow effects everyone's life at some point in
time; through a parent, a sibling, a friend, or even personal encounters.
Alcohol abuse, as a medical dia ....
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.... as to how and why
people use and abuse alcohol.
The biologic-genetic model states that there is a specific genetic
vulnerability for alcoholism. There has been extensive studies on factors in
the genes that could determine or influence the use of alcohol from generation
to generation. However, these studies have shown no hard evidence for an
association between alcoholism and inherited factors.
The learning and social model proposes that alcoholism is a process
that is slowly developed w ....
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