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Alcohol Abuse
Alcohol abuse encompasses a spectrum of alcohol-related substance abuse. This spectrum can range from being mild, moderate, or severe. This can look like consumption of more than 2 drinks per day on average for men, or more than 1 drink per day on average for women, to binge drinking. Alcohol abuse was a psychiatric diagnosis in the DSM-IV, but it has been merged with alcohol dependence in the DSM-5 into alcohol use disorder. Alcohol use disorder, also known as AUD, shares similar conditions that some people refer to as alcohol abuse, alcohol dependence, alcohol addiction, and the most used term, alcoholism. Globally, excessive alcohol consumption is the seventh leading risk factor for both death and the burden of disease and injury, representing 5.1% of the total global burden of disease and injury, measured in disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). After tobacco, alcohol accounts for a higher burden of disease than any other drug. Alcohol use is a major cause of preve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Drunkard's Progress
''The Drunkard's Progress: From the First Glass to the Grave'' is an 1846 lithograph by Nathaniel Currier. It is a nine-step on a stone arch depicting a man's journey through alcoholism. Through a series of Vignette (literature), vignettes it shows how a single drink starts an arc that ends in suicide. Below the structure, the protagonist's wife and child stand in tears. The lithograph is based on John Warner Barber's 1826 work ''The Drunkard's Progress, or The Direct Road to Poverty, Wretchedness, & Ruin''. Critical reception has been poor since the image was released, but it influenced other temperance-themed works. ''The Drunkard's Progress'' is used in high school American history classes to teach about the temperance movement. Background From the 1800s until the start of Prohibition in the United States, Prohibition in 1920, the Temperance movement in the United States, temperance movement was a major force in American life, advocating a ban on alcoholic beverages. The m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
