Essay - Outline I. Introduction A. Set Up an Interesting Scene, Briefly...

OUTLINE

I. Introduction

A. Set up an interesting scene, briefly touch on the topic of the paper.

*****. Address some social problems associated with ***** *****.

II. Main Body of Paper

***** setting of drinking

Family drinking problems

Children's issues

Crimes associated with alcohol

Education

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Employment

Alcohol withdrawal

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Social Ramifications

Possible solutions

III. Conclusion

SOCIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF ALCOHOL

Imagine this: it is Saturday morning and you have a check-up at the nearby doctor's **********. As you wait for *****r appointment, you casually flip through magazines in the wait*****g room. Several of the magazines d*****play advertisements ***** alcohol, some prominently, and others more subtly. After your appointment, you have ***** extra time ***** decide to do some shopping. On your way ***** the grocery store you pass a giant billboard displaying a scene ***** a nightclub where be*****utiful people are depicted exchanging a toast. When you return home, you turn on the television, and a commerci*****l with a famous musical artist promoting a br*****nd of liquor comes on. Evening arrives, and ***** ***** dinner ***** ***** friends. A few random alcoholic drinks are ordered with the meal. ***** dinner, you attend a party at a friend's house *****nd consume a ***** ***** drinks. After the party, you fall asleep at home watching ***** news, and a report of an alcohol related accident in your ********** that occurred tonight is being aired. The scenes described above are commonplace and very prevalent in our society, and the alcoholic content does not discrim*****ate among age, gender, race or class. Unf*****tunately, neither do the problems that alcohol also brings.

For most people, drinking ***** is a pleasant activity often accompanied by or ***** an enjoyable social setting, and moderate ***** ***** generally acceptable by our society. However, there are a substantial number of people who face serious ***** as a result of alcohol abuse. Alcohol Concern, a n*****tional agency on alcohol misuse, *****s that "It is estimated that nearly 14 million Americans, approximately 1 in every 13 adults, abuse ***** or are alcoholic."

***** million more adults engage ***** risky drinking patterns that lead to alcohol problems. Alcoholics Anonymous reports ***** "Approximately 53% of men and wo***** in the United States have reported that one or more of ********** close relatives have a drinking problem." The consequences of alcohol misuse are serious, and in many cases, life-threatening. Heavy drinking increases the risk for permanent damage to the liver, esophagus, brain *****, other organs, ***** harm to a fetus during pregnancy. Alcohol consumption is attributable to death from au*****mobile crashes, recreational accidents, on-the jobs injuries, and increases the likelihood of homicide ***** suicide. Economically speaking, alcohol related ***** cost society in ***** United States ***** $100 billion per year. In human terms, however, the costs come without a price t*****g.

When examining alcohol*****m as a national *****, ***** sociological *****pects of alcoholism must be taken into consideration. The relevant to analyze and discuss are demographics, age groups, economic effects, treatment and withdrawal. Alcohol *****