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As consequências sociais, familiares, físicas e psíquicas do dependente de álcool
(Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, 2019-01-10) Costa, Joyce Leão da; Aguiar, Denison Melo de; Souto, Átila de Oliveira
This article deals with alcoholism and the social and environmental consequences of this addiction. Alcohol is a substance that has accompanied man since the earliest times. Always associated with good times, it is consumed freely within homes, at parties and celebrations. Being a licit drug, alcohol begins to be used long before that indicated by the health agencies. The incentives for it to be consumed are quite appealing to young people. The results derived fromsuch abusive use may persist throughout adult life, causing physiological and psychological problems. The family of a dependent suffers the consequences of this addiction together with the alcoholic. Family degradation, job loss, and the sequels caused in the children are some of the consequences of abusive use of alcohol. Dependents are excluded from society and go to the streets, where the livelihood alternative is presented in the collection of solid waste. Public policies appear as attempts to repress the misuse of alcoholic beverages. The general objective of the research was to show the consequences that alcoholism generates socially and environmentally. The methodology used was a qualitative-descriptive bibliographical approach extracted from books, articles and printed and electronic magazines focused on the subject in question. It is concluded that there are many negative consequences of alcohol misuse and abuse, and that social exclusion of alcoholics has implications for the community as a whole. KEYWORDS: alcohol, dependency, social exclusion, solid waste.