'Effect of Alcohol on Family Conflict\r'

'Owing to its legality, many individuals engage in alcoholic beverageic drinkic drinkic drink consumption. A growing body of tell apart indicates that alcohol is the widely exercised drug among the mixed populations. Evidence also indicate that there argon many health lucks associated with alcohol consumptions.Many families have nonp beil or two members who have problems associated with alcohol use. inebriant has many mixer, psychological and economic consequences that are non desirable and as such(prenominal), frequently leads to conflict. However, it has been suggested that marital, family or oeuvre conflicts leads an individual to drink.There are also suggestions that marital, family of workplace conflicts are consequences of abusive drinking. All these suggestions hold some true statement as alcoholism is associated with various problems while on the other hand; various problems are associated with alcoholism. These problems, such as marital, workplace and conflicts c an be risk factors for the problem of drinking. However, they can also be conceptualized as consequences of alcohol use.The conceptualizations of these problems as emerging as a lead of alcohol use is important in designing intervention strategies and policies that reduce the negative effectuate of alcohol use. The aim of this paper is to look at the fond consequences of alcohol use, specifically with regard to conflict.The social consequences of alcohol use can be categorize into those that leads to changes in social actions with others and those that leads to the changes in an individuals social daub or life chances.One of the major factors that influence the consequences of alcohol consumption is the quantity consumed. Many psychosocial consequences are associated with episodes of penetrating intoxication or prolonged dependency symptoms that observe alcoholism (Hauge and Ingens-Jensen 1986). For instance, family violence is often associated with episodes of intoxication. The proximal biological and psychological consequences of the consumption of alcohol that are germane(predicate) to the analysis of the social consequences are the chronic and penetrative effects of alcohol on an individuals physiological processes and the effects of alcohol on memory, cognition and mood.An individuals ability to interact with other people whitethorn be gravely incapacitated by dependence symptoms and acute changes in the thinking process and mood. This may also violate an individuals performance in their roles. Beyond this, alcohol may lead to aggressive behavior resulting in behave social conflicts.There are some mediating factors which determine the stop to which consumption may result in item biological and psychological consequences. Among them are the expectations rough the effects of alcohol, alcohol metabolism, gender and other biologic vulnerabilities or resilience (Kreitman 1992).The majority of these factors are not mutable. The expectancies ab out the possible effects of alcohol consumption prevail an important role in the degree and patterns of consumption. These tho may be subject to educational interventions. The consequences of alcohol consumption are largely influenced by the social scene where the drinking takes place.According to Herd (1984), social context encompasses the social or ethnic group average that defines relevant and irrelevant occasions for and the level of drinking. For instance, alcohol intake in communities practicing abstention may result in immediate negative consequences for social interactions and thus threaten an individuals social position in the community.As such, he will be in conflict with the succor of the community members owing to his decision to contradict the norms of the community. This is often the case since not many communities encourage drinking. By contrast, heavy drinking may be support in some social groups and ethnic communities where alcohol consumption is valued and ex pected.The effects of alcohol use in particular social contexts such as at home may lie on the negative consequences of use in unre4lated contexts such as work. Alcohol consumption may or may not be considered as problematic by spouses depending on whether it affects job performance or living of the functions of the household.\r\n'