| When life closes its doors at you, the usual next step | | | | as accorded by other experts. Low self-esteem will |
| is to get into a club or bar. The menu? Beer. And this | | | | get people drinking because they feel sorry for |
| tends to be abused and people can back it up | | | | themselves. Depression is another factor to consider |
| reasons that sound credible enough. | | | | drinking. But there are also other factors that has |
| There are two arguable reasons why people drink, | | | | nothing to do with a person's emotional state that |
| the categories are either biological or behavioral. | | | | explains why they drink. The cultural background has |
| Experts claim that DNA dictates people to drink while | | | | to be examined as well, there are societies in the |
| others say it is more of the psychological and | | | | world that take drinking as a universally accepted |
| emotional reaction of a person to circumstances. | | | | practice. |
| Men drink more than women. That is a fact but | | | | Alcohol abuse motivates the drinker to drink more |
| women need to achieve less to claim the title of an | | | | and be happy. Of course who doesn't want to be |
| alcoholic. The younger a person drinks the more they | | | | happy? But the thing is that this urge to be happy is |
| are predisposed for alcoholism. Many generations | | | | caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. |
| believed that having alcoholic in the family will | | | | It is does not matter what causes people to drink |
| guarantee another and notion goes on. For those | | | | whether it is biological or it is the norm of the |
| who believe that genetics have a role, the D2 | | | | society, conservatives who see it as a waste of time |
| dopamine receptor is to blame. | | | | can argue that a person's free will is still there to say |
| Psychological and sociological issues are also to blame | | | | the final word. |