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ALCOHOLISM AMONG YOUNG ADULTS-PROBLEMS OF ALCOHOL
CONSUMPTION

MARIJA VASIC

15318 MALI ZVORNIK
INTRODUCTION
percentage of young people i.e. 78% of boys and 74% of girls
Alcohols are a group of organic compounds. Alcohol is usually regularly use alcohol.
taken into a body by consuming alcohol drinks. Regular
consumption of alcohol, especially starting from the early age
,leads to alcoholism. Alcoholism presents chronic 100%
80%
,progressive disease,formed by a habit, characterized by 60% 78% 74%
uncontrollable desire for having alcohol drinks so as to 40%
20%
achieve certain subjective state of satisfaction that causes 0%
psychological and physical strain and deterioration .[1]. Men Women
Picture no.2 The number of young people abusing alcohol
The most usual reason for abusing alcohol within both sexes is to
be popular in their social circle,having fun,thrill-seeking and
achieving the state of relaxation. A very important fact
mentioned as a reason for consuming alcohol are personal
problems and the solution itself lies in alcohol drinking.
The results have shown that the majority of questioned students
,88% of them ,didn't suffer any consequences due to alcohol
consumption. In addition,none of them drives under the influence.
A great number of questioned parents(45%) are aware of the fact
that their children abuse alcohol but they don't regard it as a
problem. 70% of the questioned students believe that they don't
talk enough about the problem of alcoholism in the school.

CONCLUSION
The results of this research have shown that alcohol is consumed
Picture no.1 Consequences of consuming alcohol at a a great extent,but there's also a positive attitude towards its
consumption . The majority of questioned students haven't
experienced the negative consequences when consuming it. The
I was intrigued by the topic of alcoholism among young adults due fact that is alarming among most of the young people is that the
to my personal observation of excessive alcohol use among parents know about their children's alcohol abuse but they don't
young people. Just in my environment, inside my social circle of regard it as a problem. The young adults solve their problems by
friends that I have grown up with ,alcohol is consumed on regular drinking alcohol ,which can become later on a behavior pattern in
basis. their adulthood. The results have shown that it's necessary to raise
young people’s consciousness on consequences of abusing
The aim of this work is to determine if and to what extent young alcohol.
people consume alcohol, aged from 17 to 19. Likewise,a research
will be conducted on attitudes of young people towards alcohol
drinking as well on possible incomes and causes of such LITERATURE
behaviour . The results of this work should represent the directive
for organizing prevention activities for stopping alcohol abuse [1] A. Despotović, M. Ignjatović, V. Fredman;Aetiology of
among youth. alcoholic brain damage,prevention, Niš (1978);
[2] D. Kecmanović; Psihijatrija, Sarajevo (1989);
METHOD OF WORK [3] N. Tadić; Psihijatrija detinjstva i mladosti, Beograd(1985);
[4] N. Jović; Vodič za roditelje – porodica u vrtlogu droge,
For the needs of this work I built a survey on alcoholism Beograd (2007)
filled out by 90 students in High School Mali Zvornik,aged
from 17 to 19. Also,a number of data were collected from the
Police precinct Mali Zvornik on driving under the influence.

RESULTS OF RESEARCH
Research results have shown that young people think that alcohol
is consumed in considerable quantities. Furthermore,a great