I currently know many things about alcoholism. My father, a rocket scientist, is in the process of being divorced from my mom. My dad, the alcoholic, has been able to show me how alcoholism affects people, and how it may worsen all things. My father, although smart, was stupid enough to drink, and to choose alcohol over his own family.
He showed many alcoholic traits, of which, many if not all alcoholics show. He would constantly drink, consuming more and more alcohol each time. My father even had DUI's, and was in jail a few times because of this. Whenever he was sober, his hands would shake, and when he was drunk, he would slur his speech, trip over things, become violent, both verbally and physically, and would usually embarrass our family in public. My father was known to ruin events. On Christmas Day, he would never come downstairs in the morning, no matter how much we tried to wake him up. You could always tell when he was drinking because he would walk into the garage where he'd keep his alcoholic beverages, and then drink.
Alcoholism is a disease. It wasn't just his fault, although he could have stopped it. His side of the family was known for drinking men. It was passed down through his heredity. It is too late for him. He shall now never change. He would never even play catch with me. He would only drink and watch TV. I will never fall to the clutches of alcohol. It slowly destroys you, and takes you over.
As you drink more, you will gaine tolerance to it, and then need to drink more. It is a truely sad thing to see. As you can see, I have had a bad, yet real and true view of what alcoholism is.
Although I know many things such as this, there are many things that I still wish to know. I wish to know how alcoholism is passed down through the family, and how you become addicted to it.
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Researcher, this topic choice is obviously a very personal issue. Being that personal I must warn you not to include anything that would lead outsiders to find out who you are. The amount you post in this entry is fine.
Also, it's certainly common knowledge that alcoholism is a bad thing, not only to the alcoholic, but also the family and friends and community involved. In these early parts of the research, try identifying the issues within this topic. Perhaps look at what solutions are out there for alcoholics. Sometimes there are points of controversy there.
Finally, it looks as though you've already started looking into sources, which is fantastic. Remember what we've talked about when posting an entry for the scrapbook. You NEED the bibliographical information for each source, or else it's defunct.
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