Alcoban

Most people don’t take smoking as an addiction seriously. They are well aware of the harmful effects of smoking but still consider it a small risk worth taking. But the truth is that while smoking is one of the most common and the most dangerous of all addictions. The easy availability of cigarettes compared to other harmful substances like alcohol or drugs means that it is much easier to become addicted to it.  The reason people take smoking addiction so lightly is because its effects do not manifest immediately. Unlike alcohol, the user does not lose control of their senses or become unable to perform tasks. You may still stay outwardly fine but your insides will be burning. What cigarette smoke does is it makes its way down towards your lungs, damaging the organs and causing conditions like chest cancer, lung cancer and asthma. The odd thing is that smoking related diseases are easily preventable and all they require from the user is to make the effort to quit smoking...

Alcoholism is a extreme stage. One does not become an alcoholic after having one too many drinks a few times. Someone who drinks too much on a few occasions is still more or less the same person as they were sober. An alcoholic on the other hand turns into someone completely different . They become unpredictable and easily irritable. The only think you can say for certain about them is that they will always have a drink with them. There is no such thing as a good drinker. Drinking alcohol is bad and it affects the body regardless of how well you handle it. You might brag about being able to drink more than all your friends but that does not mean that the effects of alcohol will be any less on your body. Your liver will still suffer and you will still develop diseases. So, whatever one’s reason be for drinking alcohol it doesn’t make it any less harmful. Alcohol is often used as a crutch to deal with grief. In this case, the addict’s family or friends might be reluct...