Psychological Effects 2 The Psychological Effects of Alcohol Consumption alcohol, they may be influenced to cease drinking with mild persuasion or trusted advice. violence against their partner. without recognizing the seriousness of the harm they are doing (Texas A&M Research Foundation, N.D.). watchingher get beaten so bad by the boyfriend to where she had blood all over her face every time. The children were so scared and felt helpless. Her daughter wanted to help her mother but knew if she tried she would also get hurt. All the children could do was sit there screaming and crying so the daughter calls 911. Finally, the attack ends when the mother is being rushed away to the hospital by ambulance and the boyfriend is being taken away to jail in handcuffs. The mother comes home with her arm in a cast due to a broken wrist and cuts and bruises all over her face and it’s swollen. The daughter has many talks with her mother through the years begging her not to stay with these guys anymore because she didn’t need or deserved that kind of treatment. The first guy she finally leaves after a few years but stays with the second guy until her last day. After 16 years of abuse with the second guy the mother couldn’t take it anymore and winds up committing suicide. Her response to her daughter’s pleas for leaving the men would always be the same, saying she didn’t want to leave them because she loves them. No woman deserves or needs to be in that kind of relationship especially if she has children. years of alcohol abuse cannot be reversed. Psychological Effects 16 Annotated Bibliography http://alcoholism.about.com/cs/withdraw/a/aa030307a.htm This source describes all the symptoms of alcohol withdrawals and has many links for related topics. Baum, A., & Newman, S., & Weinman, J., & West, R. (Eds.). (1998). Cambridge h_andbook of psychology, health and medicine_. Cambridge, England. Cambridge University Press Cyberview. (2005)._ Depressive i__llness_. Retrieved...