Alcohol as a common phenomenon now

There are many reasons why people tend to consume alcohol. One of them is the influence of society. People practically get acquainted with alcohol in early childhood during different family celebrations where drinking alcohol is very tolerated. Certain amount can be accepted. Another reason, why people tend to drink alcohol, could be very individual. People are not able to deal with their problems and stresses, which are brought with their workload and this rushed age. But in both cases it could lead to the situation where the first shots do not work any more. Their amount must be increased ? but that also means higher load for body. Higher consumation of alcohol also brings the risk of exceeding of certain border. Person starts to drink excessively, no regard to his (her) health, age or suitable timing. The theoretical part of my thesis is aimed to the reasons of alcoholism formation and single stages of addiction. It also describes secondary illnesses to alcoholism, prevention and treatment of that. It deals with the groups of people which are the most endangered by addiction. The work contains the comparation of domestic and world statistics. The basis of the practical part is the research of different age groups of inhabitants which is aimed to alcohol attitude, degree of tolerance, finding of drinking frequency and amount of drink alcohol, differences between men and women. In cooperation with mental institution in Jihlava I have watched and treated the life destinies of concrete persons. There are also statistics of mental institution and statistics of accidents caused by driving under alcohol influence processed