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Does Recovery Kill Great Writing?

A lot of people love to drink. Many people drink alcohol, but fortunately, only a few people have caused severe problems due to drinking. Most people do not know that the harmful effects of alcohol are much greater than heroin or marijuana. It has a calming effect, it can be addictive, it can also cause body lesions and accidents, and many patients admitted to the hospital are related to drinking. Most of these problems are caused by drinking too much at inappropriate times or places; such issues include fighting, controversy, money, and family dissatisfaction and impromptu sexual behavior. Alcohol will make you do things you won't do and drinking can lead to accidents (such as home, transportation, work, sports accidents or drowning). We use alcohol to eliminate and remove unpleasant emotions. In the meantime, it also found that excessive drinking has initially been one of the symptoms of depression. More commonly, depression was initially caused by excessive drinking. Alcohol is an inhibitor of the brain; it can reduce a person's alertness, and can also help to eliminate the feeling of unnaturalness. Therefore, many people use wine to overcome their social fears - wine can make people speak freely at the party.

In some cases, alcohol can also release extreme self-evoked emotions, causing anger, violence or self-harm. Some people use alcohol to enhance their self-confidence and eliminate stress or depression. Since it is quite common to use alcohol to remove and decompress, it is not difficult to understand that excessive drinking and depression are closely related. Some people rely on alcohol to make themselves better when they are depressed, and lack of energy, but this benefit is only short-lived because after that it is a drinking habit that is difficult to quit. Alcohol is like other drugs that have a direct effect on the brain, which can lead to drug resistance, meaning that when a drug is repeatedly used, its impact will gradually decrease, as to want the same effect, you must increase the dose. That is to say, he and she will find that they can drink a lot of wine, but can not feel the expected effect, the emergence of drug resistance phenomenon, indicating that he or she may have to rely on alcohol.

According to the article, people tried to go to meetings to get the sense of belonging and understanding, since alcohol addiction has a great relationship with psychological factors, it is necessary to find out the reasons for alcoholism and then psychological treatment. The encouragement and support between friends and relatives are significant. The common point of drinking addiction and drug addiction is excitement. The feeling that the drug's primary role is to reduce the excitement and block the nerve conduction of addiction. There are a lot of people who create magnificent work through alcohol and drugs. Although it is true that these things could trigger our imagination and creativity, however, it is also a way that people convince themselves that they need these drugs to help them create their works. In my opinion, alcoholism or drug addiction are hard to eliminate in the society, but proper drinking and solving the factors of the reason why they are drinking will be the main part of this process.

Reference:

Jamison, L. (2018, March 13). Does Recovery Kill Great Writing? Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/magazine/does-recovery-kill-great-writing.html

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