Alcohol and Your Social Life

The legal effects of alcohol are bad but, the social and behavioral effects are very negative as well. Alcohol abuse can damage relationships between a person and their family. Even though a lot of people drink to make they feel better, alcohol can negatively impact the abusers personality. Increased irribility, poor judgment, and poor reasoning are a few ways that alcohol damages the personality and then go on to ruin relationships. A study showed that the abuse of alcohol is behind about forty percent of serious domestic violence instances. Alcohol abuse can be attributed to verbal and physical abuse of the spouse and children in a home. Children living in the home of an alcoholic tend to have lower grades, higher rates of depression, and can frequently feel socially isolated.

            When alcohol is abused over time, the risk of physiological damage to the drinker increases. Many studies point out the link between alcohol abuse and psychological disorders such as; anxiety disorder and depression. People may over drink to get rid of their feelings of depression but, the more they drink, the more depressed they become. This connection probably explains why 15-70% of people who abuse alcohol suffer from some type of depression.

            People who abuse alcohol often behave in ways that cause others to withdraw them from society. The damaging effects of alcohol don’t only affect the people close to and around the abuser, it affects society as a whole. Alcohol abuse is linked to a lot of social ills. There is a connection between people who abuse alcohol and how often they miss work. Alcohol abuse is also linked to higher crime rates in neighborhoods. Because alcohol impairs your good judgment, it is also connected to risky sexual behavior. Alcohol damages everyone who is intimately and remotely close to the abuser.