Submitted on Wednesday 11th January 2012
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
HMG’s recommended alcohol drink limits should not be perceived to be too austere, thus largely ignored as unachievable & unrealistic to be achievable
It has recently been recommended that alcohol intake should now include two days break from alcohol consumption every week, with daily maximum units of 4 units. Alcohol is very addictive & drinking alcohol are habitual & lifestyles events. Alcohol, drugs & other addictive behaviours have been shown to biochemically stimulate the release of neurotransmitters Dopamine & Serotonin from the 'pleasure centre' (i.e. mesolimbic dopamine system) of the brain. As the high regression rates of alcoholics indicate, the only way for alcoholics to lower (or stop) their alcohol intake level is when they genuinely wanted to do so. If a recovering alcoholic has an actual aversion towards alcohol then it is certain that the person is not a RECOVERING alcoholic but a teetotaller. Perceptions of the pleasures of drinking alcohol would usually depend on one’s will-power, perceptions, motivation, aims, habits, lifestyle, psychological & physical craving; as well as social triggers, reinforcers, settings.
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