The Effects of Alcohol on College Students and on American Business

The Effects of Alcohol on College Students and on American Business

August 17 , 2006

Introduction

The advent of modernization brought about many changes to our society and challenges to the present generation . It changed the socio-cultural constitution leading to various ill effects of alcohol and other diseases to individuals , groups , and society in general , such changes brought about by the so called socio-cultural fundamentals which forced these individuals , groups , or society to respond positively in to maintain balance and /or equilibrium to society

The Industrial Revolution paved the way for

mass production of various products and services as well as the development of industries across cultures including the famous and a multi-billion dollar--Alcohol industry . Henceforth , our society has never been the same

This will define alcohol , examine the various ill effects of alcohol to the health of the people specifically to the American college students and will also explore the good as well as the bad effects to the American business sector

ALCOHOL 'S DEFINITION

The healthchecksystems ' websites define alcohol or ethyl alcohol as an ingredient found in wine , beer , and hard liquor that intoxicates According to the site , alcohol is the by- product of fermentation process wherein certain micro-organism metabolizes carbohydrates in an anaerobic condition . Also , there are different alcohol contents in beer wine , and hard liquor (n .p

It is on this instance when one gets too dependent on alcohol that problems worsen and manifest as alcoholism

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA ) defines alcoholism as a disease that manifest four symptoms like craving , loss of control , physical dependence , and tolerance . NIAAA further described in detail the four symptoms which are : a strong need or compulsion to drink (craving the inability to limit one 's drinking on any given occasion (loss of control withdrawal symptoms , such as nausea sweating , shakiness , and anxiety , occur when alcohol use is stopped after a period of heavy drinking (physical dependence and the need to drink greater amounts of alcohol in to get high (tolerance (n .p

Though this was the NIAAA 's definition , Stephen G Biddulph 's book entitled Alcohol : What 's a Parent to Believe ' believe that [n]ot every one who uses abuses [and] not everyone who abuses is addicted thus , he gave three expanded working definitions of alcohol (5 . The following are the three definitions

1 . Use of Alcohol- is the temperament , prudent , and controlled use of an alcoholic substance in a manner that does not exceed legal or health limits and that does not place the user at risk for serious physical social , emotional , or psychological problems

2 . Abuse of alcohol- is the use of alcohol in an healthy and risky manner , use that is excessive , illegal , or dangerous and that actually or potentially places a person at risk for physical , social , emotional or psychological problems , such as driving under the influence or placing oneself in a harmful situation or engaging in unprotected sex and

3 . Alcoholism or alcohol dependence /addition-is the loss...