Sunday, June 7, 2009

Does An Drunkard Have To Face Any Social Pressures?

By James Handforth
A drunkard becomes a social outcast. He or she is rejected by the society as well as by the family members. Most chronic alcoholics either end up in the hospitals or on the streets. When a drunkard passes away, barely anybody grieves his loss. 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. Friends and relatives try to facilitate individuals who show inclination towards drinking. They can try to divert them from drinking and may even have them sent for cure. But no matter what steps the relatives or friends take. It's the individual himself who has to exert his willpower to stop drinking. If their allowances are curtailed, they may commence robbing or begging and borrowing cash from acquaintances 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. An alcoholic looses senses of reality and social norms and in turn the society rejects him. An alcoholic is pressurised by the society to stop drinking or at least consume less alcohol. Unless the person is so powerful that no one dares to question him and are forced to accept him, an alcoholic is generally disliked. Churchill was an example of a person who was fond of drinking but on the other hand had an extremely sharp mind. He proved to be an exception, not the rule. Drunkards are victims of despair, lonely persons and the more they drink the more isolated they become. Some drinkers tend to become energetic while others can become hazardously violent. A number of well-known artists, poets, philosophers, and thinkers are known to have been fond of alcohol but their fame let them free their minds from the inhibitions that encircled 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. Drunkards willingly believe the provisional flee route that alcohol offers and one time they are hooked, it becomes very hard to wean them away.
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