Avoid Alcohol Becoming Your Best Friend

Depression, loneliness, bitter relationships and other chronic illnesses, gradually drift people to begin drinking.

Many rely on alcohol when things aren't going right, hoping they may forget the problem for a while, but later realizing that the drink isn't helping.

Instead of giving up, they begin to drink heavily, progressing from beer or wine to a strong liquor.

The sad part of being an alcoholic is absentmindedly not aware of your changing moods, but quickly others see the change in your personality.

Under heavy influence of alcohol, you may even stink when your nose can’t smell the odour. Drinking is a social problem which is killing both teenagers and adults.

Every country is facing alcohol problem, but teenage drinking has increased rapidly in the UK. According to one of UK's health magazines, teenagers between 14 and 15 admitted of taking alcohol and alcohol abuse could be costing the National Health Service over £6 billion in medical bills.

Apart from alcohol-related sicknesses, such as throat, liver stomach, and breast cancer, alcohol kills prematurely, taking many to their early grave.

In 2011, there were 8748 alcohol-related deaths in the UK, and between 2011 and 2012, I.2 million people were admitted to the hospital over alcohol-related problems.

For every long time, the British government is fighting against alcoholism, inflating prices of alcohol to discourage buyers but without success.

One of the laws on alcohol states, “If you are sixteen or seventeen, you cant buy a drink, but you can drink alcohol when accompanied by an adult.”

I can’t believe a country fighting hard against alcohol can come out with such ineffective law.

If a sixteen or seventeen years old can’t buy a drink, the adult who is accompanying the teenager will buy for him or her. Probably that’s the reason the country hasn't been successful in taming its citizens against alcohol.

When alcohol becomes your best friend, definitely it will destroy you. A perfect example of the disastrous effect of alcohol on a human is Paul Gascoigne’s story, a former England footballer, futilely continuously fighting against alcohol.

Overcoming addiction to alcohol is easier said than done. Depending on how long you've been in alcohol, one can be taken from its grip.

There are many resources, organizations, support, and medication available, but it’s better to seek help earlier before alcohol begins taking its toll on you