Faith Konsdorf was married to Bill Konsdorf who had nearly a perfect marriage. They stuck with each other through thick and thin. But one day Faith’s whole world flipped around on March 22, 2014 when Bill was not responding to any of the messages and phone calls from Faith and she immediately knew something was wrong. He had been encountered in a horrific alcohol-related crash. He was then airlifted to a hospital. Several days passed when Faith was asked the hardest question: “Whether or not to take her husband off of life support.” She prayed and prayed about it until she remembered something Bill had told her when a friend friend was dying. He said, “Never let a machine keep me alive. Let God take me when he wants.” Faith decided that it is only fair to let her husband be with God. Although she was saddened and hurt but continued with her life. She says that he was her Book of Life and still helps her write it to this day (Konsdorf 37-41). Every year, 80,000 Americans lose their life due to alcohol and it drains $220 billion from the economy (Price). Alcohol abuse is already a problem in our society today and it keeps growing and growing over time, it is time to step up and take control of the issue before alcohol takes control first. Alcohol has been around for many years and has caused numerous issues throughout history. The use of it is getting more and more out of hand as the years go on, making it more easy to become a victim of alcohol related car wrecks and even health issues. It is overwhelming and risk the lives of thousands of innocent people throughout the world today. Definition of the Problem Alcohol abuse seems to get brushed off and decreased in what the true meaning behind those two “little” words actually mean.
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When someone is diagnosed with alcohol abuse it means that they have a reputation and routine of drinking to an extent of affecting their life within a twelve month period. Over just that period of time it result in the victim to not meet work/school/home expectations. In an even more serious case of alcohol abuse, binge drinking occurs more and more commonly to this day. Binge drinking is when a person consumes an excessive and large amount of alcohol in a short period of time (“Alcoholism”). It has serious effects like entering a state of depression and even anxiety. These symptoms can lasts up to hours at a time and even in major cases a full day (Hiranita). Although most people would expect the act of drinking and binge drinking to be not a big deal, they do not look past the act of drinking, but just themselves in the moment doing it. Drinking to the point where you become diagnosed with alcohol abuse causes major damage to your body and life. Abusing alcohol causes someone to drink in dangerous situations, come in conflict with illegal situations, and even cause problems with close relationships. Alcohol has an overwhelmingly negative effect on our bodies. It puts an alcoholic at risk for digestive-system disorders, inflammation of pancreas and cirrhosis of the liver. Along with those health issues, it can also give he or she high blood pressure, cause damage to heart muscles, memory loss and blackouts often can occur as well. The number one health issue that throws up a red flag is abusing alcohol can cause cancer (“Alcoholism”). Drunk driving while under the influence is one of issues growing under alcohol abuse. The phrase drunk driving means literally what it says, someone drives while they are drunk. It has caused more than enough problems in the world today and the number of problems is causes still keeps increasing. Not only does it cause damage to a person’s life but it also damages the economy. Billions of dollars each year are taken from the economy due to alcohol abuse and that is just the beginning of this problem (Price). Problem in Operation Many people have heard of teens drinking and getting drunk, but not many people would think of it as a very serious issue. For example, Tony was a young thirteen year old teen who got in the habit of skipping school to drink vodka
When someone is diagnosed with alcohol abuse it means that they have a reputation and routine of drinking to an extent of affecting their life within a twelve month period. Over just that period of time it result in the victim to not meet work/school/home expectations. In an even more serious case of alcohol abuse, binge drinking occurs more and more commonly to this day. Binge drinking is when a person consumes an excessive and large amount of alcohol in a short period of time (“Alcoholism”). It has serious effects like entering a state of depression and even anxiety. These symptoms can lasts up to hours at a time and even in major cases a full day (Hiranita). Although most people would expect the act of drinking and binge drinking to be not a big deal, they do not look past the act of drinking, but just themselves in the moment doing it. Drinking to the point where you become diagnosed with alcohol abuse causes major damage to your body and life. Abusing alcohol causes someone to drink in dangerous situations, come in conflict with illegal situations, and even cause problems with close relationships. Alcohol has an overwhelmingly negative effect on our bodies. It puts an alcoholic at risk for digestive-system disorders, inflammation of pancreas and cirrhosis of the liver. Along with those health issues, it can also give he or she high blood pressure, cause damage to heart muscles, memory loss and blackouts often can occur as well. The number one health issue that throws up a red flag is abusing alcohol can cause cancer (“Alcoholism”). Drunk driving while under the influence is one of issues growing under alcohol abuse. The phrase drunk driving means literally what it says, someone drives while they are drunk. It has caused more than enough problems in the world today and the number of problems is causes still keeps increasing. Not only does it cause damage to a person’s life but it also damages the economy. Billions of dollars each year are taken from the economy due to alcohol abuse and that is just the beginning of this problem (Price). Problem in Operation Many people have heard of teens drinking and getting drunk, but not many people would think of it as a very serious issue. For example, Tony was a young thirteen year old teen who got in the habit of skipping school to drink vodka