Does An Drunkard Have To Face Any Social Pressures?

By James Handforth

An alcoholic becomes a social outcast. He or she is shunned by the society as well as by the family. Most chronic alcoholics either end up in the hospitals or on the streets. When an alcoholic dies, hardly anyone mourns his death.

A being may become abruptly addicted to alcohol or the habit may grow over the time. A sudden tragedy may cause a being to begin drinking resulting in habit. Others may take some social drinks on weekends, which later grows in an every day matter and then a twenty four seven habit sets in.

Associates and family try to help out persons who shows propensity towards drinking. They can try to redirect them from drinking and may even have them sent for treatment. But no matter what steps the relations or associates take. It's the person himself who has to wield his willpower to stop drinking. If their allowances are unfinished, they may begin robbing or begging and borrowing money from associates and even strangers to get their drinks.

An alcohol addict looses all control of his senses. He is not embarrassed of his activities and no matter how much he may be mocked by the persons around him, he will continue to drink. For him a rebuke or counselling by an elder is like water on a duck's back. It has totally no effect. He enjoys the incessant state of unconsciousness that he remains in and does not have any feelings for anyone or anything. His first and last love is the bottle and the person who provides it to him. Some drunkards don't even care about their relations and allow them to beg and seek out a living for themselves.

A drunkard looses senses of realism and social standards and in turn the society turns away from him. A drunkard is pressurised by the society to stop drinking or at least drink less alcohol. Unless the person is so commanding that no one dares to question him and are forced to accept him, a drunkard is usually unpopular. Churchill was an example of a person who was fond of drinking but on the other hand had a very sharp mind. He proved to be an exception, not the rule.

Alcoholics are victims of depression, lonely people and the more they drink the more reclusive they become. Some drinkers tend to become boisterous while others can become dangerously aggressive. A number of famous artists, poets, philosophers, and thinkers are known to have been fond of alcohol but their popularity let them free their minds from the inhibitions that surrounded them. Their work excelled because it was free from inhibitions.

People dislike alcoholics and try to avoid them and their company. Alcoholics on the other side regard people with disdain and also avoid them, other then those whom they are attached to. Alcoholics who are raising a family or bearing any other social responsibilities face a lot of pressure to drop their habit. Some alcoholics are admitted periodically in rehab centres as they cannot cope with the pressures of the society and they keep on retroverting.

Alcoholics gladly accept the temporary escape route that alcohol offers and once they are hooked, it becomes extremely difficult to wean them away.

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