Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
chronic intermittent ethanol, alcohol consumption, addiction
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Psychology
Abstract
Excessive alcohol consumption in the United States is costing hundreds of billions of dollars in the United States alone. Addiction is a corrosive disease whose impact spreads across a broad spectrum including monetary damages, social disruption, health concerns, and life-ending decisions. Trailing a path of 88,000 alcohol-related deaths annually, government studies in 2006 reported that costs of excessive alcohol consumption reached $223.5 billion (Bouchery et al., 2011). In addition to monetary cost of alcohol abuse, the impact of this addiction can be devastating to personal and family life. Furthermore, addiction alters neural circuitry and becomes a self-absorbed behavior that robs humankind of our most sacred gift: Agency (“Neuroscience” 2009).
Recommended Citation
Matthews, David and Steffensen, Scott
(2017)
"Chronic Intermittent Ethanol to Establish Dependence,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2017:
Iss.
1, Article 72.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2017/iss1/72