This essay will discuss the health implications of being alcohol dependent and how alcohol abuse affects the health and well being of adults, why they are excluded from their peer groups, how exclusion manifests itself and what help is available to individuals across the country. In addition, it will look at the roles and responsibilities of the government and multidisciplinary teams in promoting social inclusion and trying to reduce the negativity surrounding this vulnerable group of adults.
Alcohol dependence is an extremely tough problem to control as alcohol is widely available from local shops, supermarkets and public houses; it does not need a prescription to be purchased and is legal. It plays an integral part in social occasions such as weddings, birthdays funerals and in the alcohol industry to the economy (Ghodes, 2010). It can be argued that alcohol dependency differ…(short extract)