sm is a chronic, often progressive disease with symptoms that include a strong need to drink despite negative consequences, such as serious job or health problems”. “Alcoholism tends to run in families, and generic factors partially explain this pattern”. “Alcoholism is a treatable disease”. “Abusing alcohol can have negative results, such failure to meet major work, school, or family responsibilities because of drinking; alcohol-related legal trouble; automobile crashes due to drinking”. “Drinking during pregnancy can have a number of harmful effects on the newborn, ranging from mental retardation, organ abnormalities, and hyperactivity to learning and behavioral problems. Moreover, many of these disorders last into adulthood. {While we don't yet know exactly how much alcohol is required to cause these problems}, we do know that they are 100-percent preventable if a woman does not drink at all during pregnancy. Therefore, for women who are pregnant or are trying to become pregnant, the safest course is to abstain from alcohol”. “As a person ages, certain mental and physical functions tend to decline, {No level of consumption indicated} including vision, hearing, and reaction time”. “Many medical conditions common to older people, including high blood pressure and ulcers, can be worsened by drinking”. (n.p)The same federally funded institutions that release misleading statements to the public, also project their belief that there is no difference between moderate drinking and alcohol abuse-the two are portrayed as one and same. After some of the statements made by the officials cited in the previous paragraph you might have noticed the notation {no level of consumption indicated}. These notations illustrate how the federally funded agencies fail to differentiate between moderate consumption and abusive consumption of alcohol. The difference between moderate co...
