Drug of abuse

The alcohol is a drug of abuse that is very common in any country, the most people star to drink alcohol when is teenager, even when is prohibited for people under the age of 18 or 21. In Chile, for example the alcohol is prohibited for people under the age of 18.

In majority, people drink alcohol for have some fun and forget the problems of the real life, but is complicated when people star to depend of the drug and drink alcohol is become in a habit, these people are called alcoholic, because they development a dependency, anxiety for alcohol. 

In my experience, sometimes I drink alcohol with my family in reunions or with my friends in our free time or in parties.

The alcohol have many observable effects in people, for example, slurred speech, blurred vision, lose self-control, development violence against other people, lose conscience, etc. Is for that reasons that alcoholism is very dangerous for people, and also for health of people. For example, in women that are pregnant the alcohol is prohibited, because affect the baby and it can produced genetic malformation, trouble with fine motor skill, learning difficulties, etc.

But, we have to know that the alcohol also have benefits for our health. A cup of wine in lunch  always is recommended by Doctors, because help to prevent cardiovascular diseases, improvement physical performance and others things.     

In my life a knew a people that suffer alcoholism, it was the uncle of one of my classmate in high school, and is very complicated for the family in general, because they try to help their uncle, but he don't wanna be helped. In these case, you can't do much.