Alcoholism can affect anyone. It has enormous costs as it pertains to societies, families, and individuals. It is not prejudicial towards any race, color, sex, religion, or economic level. Although we do have ideas as to what alcoholism is, what we do not know is the exact cause(s) of this problem. Researchers are continually seeking answers to the long-standing nature versus nurture debate. Different views are split between a biological paradigm and a physchological …
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…is a leach that sucks the life from an individual, families, and society. It turns people's lives into a world of depression and loneliness. Bibliography 1. http://www1.jointogether.org/sa/issues/overview/problem 2. http://health.upenn.edu/~recovery/pros/dependence.html 3. http://www.csj.org/infoserv_links/topic_categories/topic_substanceabuse.htm 4. http://www.laserbuddy.com/recover/drugs.htm 5. http://www.sirinet.net/~jgjohnso/drugs.html 6. http://peele.sas.nl/lib/approach.html 7. Encyclopedia Britannica