There are some 14 million people in the United States and 1 out of every 13 adults are considered alcoholics or at least experience drinking problems to some degree. Most people just don't understand the consequences of drinking. Alcoholism is a disease and unless something i...

All Negative Possibilities, No Good Outcome Proposition: Claim of policy. The minimum age for drinking alcohol should remain at the age of 21 in California. "Hey, you want a drink?" "Oh come on, just one drink, it won't hurt you. It's fun." "It's cool. Everybody does it...

Alcoholism is a wide-ranging and complex disease that heavily plagues society. Drinking is defined as the consumption of a liquid, and/or the act of drinking alcoholic beverages especially to excess. Every year alcohol is responsible for 1/2 of all murders, accidental deaths, and suicides; 1/3 of a...

Introduction One large component of American popular culture is alcohol: an addictive substance commonly used similarly as aspirin and caffeine. Alcoholism has no racial, sexual, or economical preference but instead is a malicious disease that attacks randomly. For most people who drink, alcohol is ...

When first approaching the topic of alcohol consumption and abuse, we must acknowledge alcoholism. Alcoholism is an illness which affects those who consume mass amounts of alcohol on a regular basis. An article about alcoholism, reviewed by Yvette Cruz in 2002, states that this ' illness can interfe...

The first and most important step in brewing is cleanliness. "Brewing is ninety percent janitorial," said Frederick Bowman, founder of Portland Brewing. (Bowman) The first step in the actual brewing process is malting. Malting is what is done to the barley...

Topic Description The topic I chose for the research assignment is children of alcoholics. I chose to focus more on the children that are involved in families of alcoholics rather than on the family as a whole, because I felt there would be too much information. Because I grew up in a stable, re...