movies. As we were all sitting there we suddenly heard someone banging on my

door, I couldn’t think of who it would be at that time of night. As I looked through

the window, I saw my Uncle Jim standing there. All I was able to notice when I

opened the door was his bloodshot eyes and the strong odor of alcohol coming

from his breath. As he was walking up my hallway stairs, I can only remember

him stumbling, and stating “There’s no way I can go home”. Even though having

been around alcoholics in my life, I have never truly understood what makes

some people so attached to the alcohol. Many people today feel that alcoholism

is an addiction which is a settled habit, but I feel that alcoholism is considered a

progressive disease where a person consumes excessive amounts of alcohol

and is unable to control his/her need to drink (Encyclopedia of Psychology

111-115). This is because alcoholism has been classified as a disease by the

American Medical Society as well as by the National Council of Alcoholism

because of the four factors such as it has symptoms and signs, it is diagnosable,

it is progressive, and it can be treated (Facts abou

the other one closed. At the open meeting anyone may attend and recovering

different reasons. A few examples of why people drink are to be more sociable,

says that whatever people think about him does not matter. Al is the type of

known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome(Zastrow 129-132).

is what finally made him decide to go for help. He has been an inpatient at

given me was the loss of love and closeness he had with his girlfriend, children,

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