Even Medical Professionals Cannot Avoid Addiction to Alcohol

I'm not surprised to learn that medical professionals are finding themselves addicted to mind altering drugs including alcohol.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1277955/Special-Investigation-Why-ARE-doctors-addicted-drink-drugs.html?ITO=1490

But I am still surprised and often flabbergasted at the complete lack of targeted education about mind altering drugs, including alcohol, and why we really use them.

Time and time again we are told that we should 'drink responsibly' even though all alcoholics will have started out as being 'responsible drinkers'

It seems that we also assume that we will always and without fail be able to stay within the limits that we have set ourselves, each and every time we drink alcohol. This is despite the fact that even 'responsible drinkers' will have lost control of their alcohol intake at least one occasion, usually more. When asked why this has happened they usually have abosolutely no idea.

We have been using alcohol and yes I do mean using it, for so long that we do it without question, with little thought and adopt the 'sheep mentality' of following the flock and just doing what most people do.
When was the last time that we seriously questioned our behaviour around this activity?, or is it just too bigger question for us to contemplate?

Let us just say for example that after conclusive research we decided that drinking a poisonous mind altering substance is not actually normal after all. The fact that it 'tastes good' is either acquired or it is an illusion, and that actually it would be better practice to deal with the issues that lead us to use alcohol, instead of drinking it.

Truth is that the Global alcohol industry is a fast moving 'freight train' that would be difficult to stop, and who from any of the political parties will be brave enough to suggest that perhaps we need to look at classifying alcohol in line with other mind altering drugs that are currently illegal?

I would suggest that we will hear that people 'deserve' a drink and that they don't want to be told what to do. I agree that people should be responsible for their own decisions and actions but at the same time those very people need a better understanding of what is really going on and that 'responsible drinking' may actually be a myth. Is it not true that because of the mind altering nature of alcohol we can never be sure that we  won't actually decide to be irresponsible after alcohol is in our system?I

Is poisoning yourself with alcohol rather than dealing with your issues and problems ultimately more rewarding? Probably not, but if some of the professionals aren't even getting the message, what does that say to the rest of the population?

In my opinion we need better education and a serious debate based on the facts of the matter, who will be brave enough to speak first?

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