Once addiction takes hold, the nervous system is hijacked, making cutting down difficult due to withdrawal symptoms. Also, the brain and nervous system become so accustomed to the neurotoxic effects of alcohol that they don’t know how to function without it. This causes a vicious cycle that makes getting sober difficult.

It’s important to understand how a persons life revolves around their addiction to alcohol. It’s simply not safe to expose children to this disease because of the constant mood swings present as a person consumes the alcohol.