Question 1

does alcohol abuse change your peronality

Accepted Answer

IT CAN: Certainly while intoxicated you lose inhibitions and can have a "personality change". Also long term effects of alcohol on mood and physical condition. If you question your alcohol use, then you clearly have an alcohol problem get help there is so much that you can do like aa, medications, detox, therapy, and treatment for depression or anxiety that may underlie the abuse.

Question 2

how to know if you are prone to alcohol abuse?

Accepted Answer

Interferes with life: If you are prone to alcohol abuse you will use alcohol despite knowing that there are negative consequences, if you want to drink less but feel that you can't, if you feel guilty for drinking too much, if you drink in the morning to treat hangover symptoms, if you spend more time and money obtaining and using alcohol than doing necessary daily tasks, and if alcohol interferes with work or family.

Question 3

can alcohol abuse cause diabetes?

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It can: Make you more at risk for diabetes.  Heavy drinking can make you less sensitive to insulin.   Also heavy drinking can cause chronic pancreatitis which can cause insulin production problems.   So this can add to the risk of developing diabetes.   Your genetic make up plays the largest role.   But drinking can help speed things up

Question 4

how are alcohol abuse and dependence different?

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Drinking : Dependence is usually considered that you will have physical withdrawal symptoms if you stop drinking. Dependence and addiction are synonymous. Abuse is  frequent or even occasional excessive drinking which is considered more than five drinks within two hours.

Question 5

can alcohol abuse or over-use lead to appendicitis?

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Alcohol use&appedici: Alcohol abuse or alcohol use has no relationship with appendicitis.

Question 6

is alcohol abuse more common in europe than in america?

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Highly variable: There are countries where there is a great deal more alcohol USE by most people (like Italy and France) but fewer people with alcoholism.  And there are countries where far more people are abstinent (particularly women) but those who drink are very likely to be alcoholic (slavic countries like Russia and Poland). It varies by ethnic group and culture, as well as societal norms.

Question 7

what to do if i have questions about alcohol abuse and denial.?

Accepted Answer

Ask them, I suppose: Denial is a common defense mechanism when people are engaging in behaviors that are clearly self-destructive. People with all forms of chemical dependency, including alcohol abuse, will engage in denial, minimalization, rationalization, intellectualization, projection and other defense postures to assure themselves that they are right and the rest of the world is wrong.

Question 8

what's the difference between heavy alcohol abuse and heroin abuse?

Accepted Answer

OVERDOSE BOTH FATAL: Alcohol is legal for adults over 21 in us  and over 18 in many other countries
both are addictive, overdose of both can be fatal.But heroin abuse can cause many  medical problems like aids, hepatitis b and c, and is more addictive and dangerous than alcohol
alcohol is served everywhere there are celebrations and in limited quanity may ba beneficial for heart but too much causes liver/heart diseass.

Question 9

are smart but uneducated people more prone to drug or alcohol abuse?

Accepted Answer

Not necessarily: Drug or alcohol abuse is linked more to genetics rather than education or being "smart". The access to treatment has been linked more to socio-economic status (ses) with people of higher ses having more access. Ses is linked to education. Thus, while drug abuse proper is not directly linked to education or being "smart", the access to treatment might be connected to the level of education.

Question 10

can you please tell me how heavy alcohol abuse and heroin abuse differ?

Accepted Answer

Nothing: Both are dangerous addictions.

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