In alcoholics up to 2/3 of the total energy requirementof the body may be fulfilled by alcohol. That is why alcoholics often neglect food and are malnourished.

There is nothing special why alcoholics drink? The short answer is: they drink for all the reasons others do. If you keep exploring alcoholism all the mysteries will unfold.

The alcoholism teaches all the tricks to its victims to make them excellent story tellers, so as to trick their families. It also sings melodious lullabies for them, so they can’t hear any wake up calls.

Those who drink and never fall prey to alcoholism are spared by chance. As a class drunkards never fall short of any human virtues. They are wonderful people per se.

An alcoholics mind is miraculously powerful. It would do anything to stop painful feelings. Even when alcohol barely helps an alcoholic feel better, excuses never let him down.

There is a lethal depression at the climax which some physicians treat with antidepressants. This depression is in fact secondary to alcoholism and can be treated only by quitting.

Alcoholism is a Bio, Psycho, Social and Spiritual disease. Its start in the body affects the mind and destroys life. Psychological damage is the result and not cause of alcoholism.

It left untreated, it progress and become fatal.

At some point, the drinking pattern begins to diverge; those who are destined to become alcoholic start to drink more and more often.

Alcohol is very rich in calories too. These calories can not be stored and are to be consumed at once. So, the energy “kick” is it’s most deadly characteristic.

In early hidden stage of alcoholism, the only visible difference between the alcoholic and the non-alcoholic is improved performance in the alcoholic when he drinks.

People often ask what the diagnostic criterion of alcoholism is. The short and simple answer is: when you see a finger pointed at somebody’s drinking, it is alcoholism.