Alcoholism: A Social Deadly Disease of the Society

Johnson Adetunji Olanipekun

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Alcoholism: A Social Deadly Disease of the Society

Johnson Adetunji Olanipekun

Published in American Journal of Life Sciences (Volume 2, Issue 5)

Received: 16 June 2014 Accepted: 19 September 2014 Published: 30 October 2014

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Abstract

Alcoholism as a lightning has become a major deadly social disease of the society. Many lives and properties have been lost and many have been permanently deformed as a result of heavy consumption of alcoholic drinks. This paper therefore, examined the concept, patterns, types of and psycho-social reasons for alcoholism. The paper also investigated the dimensional problems or consequences associated with alcoholism as a deadly disease. It discussed the treatment of alcohol drinking problems and the role of health educators as regards alcoholism. Towards its reduction in the society, it is therefore, recommended that mass education on alcoholism should be encouraged, health education should be made a compulsory subject for all students in all educational institutions, and there should be a formation of Alcoholics Anonymous group for the peers or young in the society.

Published in	American Journal of Life Sciences (Volume 2, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajls.20140205.20
Page(s)	312-318
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2014. Published by Science Publishing Group

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Alcohol, Alcoholism, Binge Drink, Alcoholics, Health Educators, Alcoholic Beverages

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Johnson Adetunji Olanipekun

Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria

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