According to DigoPaul, the Alcohol is, from a viewpoint chemical, that organic compound containing the hydroxyl group attached to an aliphatic radical some or derivative thereof. In this sense, since it is a compound, there are different types of alcohols.
In everyday language, the chemical compound ethanol, also called ethyl alcohol, is known as alcohol. It is a colorless and flammable liquid, the boiling point of which is 78ºC.
The chemical formula of ethyl alcohol is CH3-CH2-OH. This compound is used to prepare alcoholic beverages, which, in many occasions, are also known simply as alcohol (for example, “We have to buy alcohol for the party tonight”, “Miguel drank too much alcohol, he no longer knows what it says ”).
Alcoholic beverages can be produced by fermentation (like wine and beer) or by distillation (like liquor). The percentage of ethyl alcohol present in each drink can vary: the beer has approximately 5% alcohol; wine is close to 15% and liqueurs can contain 50% ethanol.
It should be noted that ethyl alcohol is a psychoactive drug for humans. Its consumption produces, in principle, a feeling of joy. At the same time, the individual may suffer from coordination problems and have blurred vision. With excessive consumption, it is possible to reach a state of unconsciousness and, on an extreme level, reach death from poisoning.
These negative consequences of alcohol on the body cause most countries to prohibit the consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors under a certain age (generally 18 years old).
Children of alcoholic parents
Alcoholism is a disease that not only affects the subject who suffers from it but also those who are part of their affective circle, especially their spouse and children, if they have them. We will dwell on the relationship that exists between parents and children and on the consequences that alcoholism can have on it.
As expressed by Margaret Cork, who has studied the subject carefully, in childhood the individual acquires the sense of security and self-esteem and, according to how he builds both, he will develop a more or less direct capacity to face the complex problems that touch him; It is from his relationship with his parents or guardians that he builds confidence in himself and in those around him.
If children grow up in an environment where alcohol is present, the nest in which they are educated will be completely disintegrated in which anxiety, pain and remorse reign; In this way, children will acquire unstable adult behaviors, they will endow themselves with responsibilities that do not correspond to them and they will develop qualities that are typical of alcoholics, lies and manipulation, especially.
When they reach adulthood, children of alcoholic parents, if they have not worked on the focus of the problem with the help of a therapist, often have harmful attitudes against themselves. Since they have had a childhood steeped in critical attitudes and guilt, their adulthood does not usually escape them and they show a clear low self-esteem that leads them to decide on two opposite paths: to do the same as their parents, that their models (become alcoholics) or indulge in a life of denial, trying to become successful people and hiding their self-esteem issues.
There is, however, a parallel path and, surely much more recommended, it consists of reviewing, studying the existence of his parents, internalizing his childhood feelings and with all that doing something different, building self-love in a way Heals and recognizes that criticism can often be productive, depending on who comes and how they are said and that, from them, a healthy self-criticism and a judgment of the environment can be elaborated, outside the prejudices and shocking experiences of childhood marked by alcoholism.