Hello everyone, I wanted to touch on a subject that I thought would be an important one to discuss.
Alcoholism affects millions of people around this world whether they are male or female. You see, alcoholism is not a gender specific addiction.
Alcoholism affects everyone
Whether you are male or female. Even though we are made very different, the effects of the drink does the same to us no matter who you are.
I wanted to touch on this subject after a friend of mine said I should stay more to my own gender, or at least that is what I perceived to be said.
I am by no means going to mention this persons name because that is not how I roll but, I hope my friend understands that I write about what I know and what I know about this addiction is, that it is not gender specific.
I understand that men and women are different in many ways and some may go through different circumstances when finding sobriety but what is important is that they find it.
Alcoholism is a messed up addiction! There is no denying that. Even if you don’t believe you are an alcoholic by only having a drink or two every so often.
Why though? Why drink? It does no good for the body. They use alcohol as a cleaning agent in most cleaners out there in the world. It does great for all types of applications other than the ones where you are consuming it.
Now, I know they say that red wine is good for your heart but, when you really think about it, where does wine come from? Grapes!
Go drink a bottle of grape juice! It has the same properties as what is in the alcoholic beverage right? It just has not fermented that’s all…
Sorry, I’m getting off topic…
Alcoholism is not a gender specific addiction
One thing that was mentioned to me was that men may relate to me easier because, I am a man myself and some women may connect better to a woman as in the same way.
I don’t believe that to be true. Now, I have stated in my opening page to my website here that, I am not a psychologist, psychiatrist, or even a doctor. I am just an average ordinary man who is trying to help people get sober from their alcohol addiction, whether you are male or female.
That is the most important goal for me. Helping people while helping myself.
I have quite a few alcoholic friends. Some are women and some are men and knowing these people, they have never once gave me any grief over what I am writing about.
With that being said, I know there may be quite a few out there that probably do respond differently to different genders. I don’t write things that go into specific details really… I just try to get my point across in a very neutral sort of way.
I just want to help those that have nowhere else to turn.
I Do want to thank my friend for giving me something to think about and giving me a topic to blog about, thanks 🙂
I would love any comments on this topic of whether alcoholism is or is not a gender specific addiction, I don’t believe it is. I will say one thing, I know alcohol affects different people differently and also know that it affects men and women in slightly different ways. This I know to be true.
Stay sober my friends!
