EXCESSIVE DRINKING
By excessive drinking, I mean getting intoxicated or drinking to the point where it interferes with one’s job, one’s family life, and one’s relation to society. The person who drinks excessively is practically a criminal when he is behind the wheel of a car or otherwise assumes responsibilities he is not capable of fulfilling. He very often has hangovers. Excessive drinkers often fail to eat properly and otherwise neglect to observe the rules of good health, thereby suffering from a number of illnesses as a direct consequence of drinking.
The chronic alcoholic
The excessive drinker may become a chronic alcoholic without realizing it. The former uses alcohol on occasion to escape from unpleasant situations, but the latter wants to escape from life, or from himself, completely. No matter how bad a hangover he may have, the alcoholic craves a drink again, often in the morning before—or instead of— breakfast. One of the surest signs of the chronic alcoholic is that he cannot take one drink without wanting more; one drink is too many, a hundred not enough.
Chronic alcoholism is an illness
The one fact that you should always bear in mind if you or someone close to you suffers from or is threatened by this condition, is that your doctor regards it as a serious medical problem. Unlike some of your neighbours, he will not condemn or joke or sermonize or dismiss you with some pious words of sympathy. Do not try patented cures. Be sure to consult a physician or go to a hospital for proper advice and treatment.
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