The insanity of alcoholism...

I recent ran across an article that demonstrates, in about 500 words, how it is that alcohol causes alcoholism.

This process is not only little known by people who are not addicted, but it is literally missing in the knowledge base for most alcoholics about how it is they became addicted.

The article "The Brain is Re-Wired by Alcoholism" is an easy read. It will give you the information you need to know if you are ever talking to a friend or loved one about their drinking and the damage alcohol can do to the human brain.

One of the great frustrations for a "true believer" like me when it comes to the topic of addiction is that it is so difficult to inform and then convince people about the biological nature of the disease of addiction. Many will call it out as a disease, but then fall into a criticism of the alcoholic based on the "immoral" results of what a person with a diseased brain does when they drink. Well, it can't be both ways - a disease and a moral issue. Thankfully this article helps straighten that out.

Of course, there is another good source for this that has already been mentioned in the blog. Pleasure Unwoven, a superb video issued by the Institute of Addiction Studies in Utah, is the very best look - through the eyes on an addicted doctor - at what the REAL disease of addiction is.

I recommend both the web article and the video to anyone struggling with their own awareness of the disease of addiction or who may need help in convincing another person of the problem.

All the best,

Roger W.