Alcoholism 1 Pretend for a moment, you are traveling back from a friend’s house at around midnight. You are stopped at a traffic light and it turns green. You proceed across the intersection, which is about one block away from your house, and suddenly as if from nowhere you are staring into the lights of an oncoming vehicle. That’s it you are now just another statistic. This is just one of the many effects …showed first 75 words of 533 total…

…showed last 75 words of 533 total…esophagus and jaundice (or yellow skin caused by retention of brilibun) and eventually death. Fortunately, hepatitis (unlike cirrhosis and steatosis) is reversible if the patient stops drinking. Alcoholism, as doctors say, is a treatable but never curable disease. The only way to treat it is to be strong and resist the ever-present temptation. So, next time you are depressed, or just want to have beer, think again. It is not worth your life. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**