Alcohol Abuse Damages Family Relationships
Alcohol is viewed as a pleasant accompaniment to social activities. Most
people only think about the positive effects of consuming alcohol, but they know little
about the negative effects which alcohol carries with. According to “Here’s to Your
Health” by Joan Dunayer, drinking alcohol is more closely related to failure than to
achievement. Alcohol abuse or even worse alcohol dependence becomes a serious
problem not only to the alcohol drinkers but also to their partners, children and
parents. Therefore, alcohol abuse is a bad habit that leads to damage family
relationships.
Alcohol use causes harm to the relationship with spouses. Couples are often
unhappy, for a partner who abuses alcohol fails to fulfill major family abligations. For
example, a man have became compulsive in his alcohol use. Drinking alcohol is the
only thing he likes to do with his partner together. If his partner has no interest in
alcohol, many arguments would arise between them. In addition, he likes clubing
rather than staying at home. He spends little time to take care of his responsibilities in
the home, so his partner fights and argues a great deal with him. As alcohol abuse gets
worse, it takes more time away from the couple. Also, alcohol abuse creates emotional
distance and even worse domestic violence between the spouses. So, if a partner has
problem with alcohol abuse, many couples sue for separation and dissolve the
marriage bond.
Most children of the alcohol drinking parents surffer from psychological damage
because the children are afraid of their problem drinking parents. Alcohol drinkers fail
to play the role who support their children. After a binge drinking, drinkers always
become mood disorders and lose self-control. Meanwhile, domestic violence are ofen
associated with alcohol, and the children experience various forms abuse such as oral...