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Miss Benning was a health instructor at the best known co-ed high school in the district. Although she had been teaching for only one year, she had already established a reputation as an educator with a teaching approach that stimulated and inspired her pupils to think and to learn.

As an illustration, one Tuesday afternoon she addressed the students in her class and said the following: “For the next four or five days we are going to learn about some basic alcoholism facts from a more wide-ranging viewpoint and we are also going to learn about some of the most common signs of alcoholism from a less general and more detailed standpoint.”

“Not all of these alcoholism signs will positively demonstrate that an individual with a drinking problem is an alcohol addicted person, but the more signs that a person exhibits, the more likely it is that he or she is a person who is alcohol dependent.”

Miss Benning then informed the students in the class that each pupil would be responsible for examining three alcohol dependence signs and then presenting his or her findings to the other members in the class via a six minute oral presentation.

The Students are Keyed Up About Giving An Extensive Presentation to Their Fellow Classmates About Alcohol Dependency Signs

After learning about the diverse signs of alcoholism for quite a few days, the time had finally come for the student presentations. It was immediately apparent that the pupils in her class were wound up about the topic because the material that they presented was first-rate. To say that Miss Benning was pleasantly surprised with the eagerness manifested by the students in her classroom concerning this subject matter was an understatement.

The day after all of the pupils completed their presentations, Miss Benning passed out a sheet of paper with a list of all the alcohol dependency signs that were presented and discussed in class and in the presentations. Miss Benning then asked the pupils in her classroom to go over the list and rank the top nine alcoholism signs that were most indicative of alcohol addiction. After about twenty minutes, Miss Benning collected the sheets of paper and told her students that after she examines the results, she will reveal her findings the next school day.

There was some real anticipation by the pupils while they were leaving Miss Benning’s class. One could swear that her students couldn’t wait for the next day to come so that they could find out the results of their in-class research.

The Students Contrast Their Answers With the Assessments From A Board of Drug and Alcohol Addiction Specialists

When the next school day finally came, Miss Benning gave out a piece of paper that listed the top four alcoholism signs according to the pupils’ rankings. To the right of these results, she added another column that was labeled “correct answer.” She then explained to her students that the numbers in the second column she added stood for the answers that were announced by a council of chemical dependency experts.

Miss Benning asked the students in her class to look over the information she passed out and then to raise their hand if they had any concerns, issues, or questions. Within 20 or 30 seconds, virtually every student in the class raised her or his hand. It was evident that the students had some questions, issues, or concerns about their results versus the answers given by the specialists. For example, just about every individual in the class had an issue with the highest ranked answer given by the authorities, specifically, “Do you feel awfully sick when you quit drinking?”

The Principal Difference Between Alcohol Addiction and Alcohol Abuse is the Physical Addiction That is Experienced With Alcohol Addiction and Not With Alcohol Abuse

Miss Benning then explained to the pupils in her classroom why this answer was the most correct sign of alcohol addiction. She underlined the fact that the key difference between alcohol dependency and alcohol abuse is the physical dependency that is experienced with alcoholism and not with alcohol abuse.

In essence this means that when a person who is addicted to alcohol abruptly quits drinking, he or she will experience alcohol withdrawal symptoms.

Miss Benning then told the students in her classroom that alcohol withdrawal symptoms are responses by the body and by the brain to the deprivation of alcohol to which they had become accustomed. Stated another way, alcohol withdrawal symptoms are messages from the brain and from the body telling an alcohol dependent person that something is terribly misaligned and needs to be fixed. These messages consist of several dangerous, uncomfortable, and painful withdrawal symptoms that can possibly lead to a fatality if the proper therapy is not promptly obtained.

Miss Benning then listed the many different alcohol withdrawal symptoms that can be experienced when a person who is addicted to alcohol abruptly stops drinking.

The fact that Miss Benning tried to stress was this: a person who engages in alcohol abuse can experience almost any and every one of the alcoholism signs that the students had ranked, but the one symptom or sign that few, if any, alcohol abusers ever experience is alcohol withdrawal symptoms.

To articulate this as clearly as possible, Miss Benning stressed the fact that alcohol abusers, unlike individuals who are addicted to alcohol, are not alcohol dependent and consequently, when they quit drinking, they almost never suffer from alcohol withdrawal symptoms.

The Pupils Feel They Have Discovered An Incongruity With the Findings From The Council of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Professionals

The students also had an issue with the second ranked answer given by the chemical dependency professionals, that is, “Have you ever had a drink the first thing in the morning to get rid of a hangover or to steady your nerves?”

Miss Benning explained to the students in her class that this sign does not automatically signify that the problem is alcoholism, but that it does stress the need that alcohol dependent people have to drink in order to prevent alcohol withdrawal symptoms.

After Miss Benning explained the relevance of alcohol withdrawal symptoms in the life of the individual who is alcohol dependent, the pupils started to recognize the fundamental difference between alcohol abuse and alcoholism.

To add a sense of closure to the subject matter, Miss Benning asked the students in her class to take out a piece of paper and answer the following question: “if every person who is an alcoholic knew about every one of the alcohol addiction signs and alcohol withdrawal symptoms we have studied, what percentage of them do you think would ask for alcohol dependency rehabilitation?”

After about three or four minutes, Miss Benning asked for the students’ answers. While many students figured that around 70 to 80 percent of alcohol addicted people would get alcoholism rehabilitation if they knew about the facts related to alcohol dependency signs and alcohol withdrawal symptoms, most of the students believed that this number would not be less than 50 percent.

The Pupils Were Shocked to Learn That Only 25% of People Who are Alcohol Dependent in the U.S. Obtain Alcohol Dependency Rehabilitation

To the shock of most of the students, Miss Benning acknowledged that according to different scientific examinations, only 25% of the people who are addicted to alcohol in the U.S. seek alcohol dependency rehab. This shocked most of the pupils because they reasoned that exposure to the deplorable facts and statistics associated with alcoholism would motivate the majority of the individuals who are alcohol dependent to obtain alcoholism rehabilitation.

Miss Benning then stated that alcoholics not only need alcohol everyday in order to function but they also require alcohol on a daily basis so they can avoid possible alcohol withdrawal symptoms. Evidently, the alcohol addicted individual’s need to drink on a daily basis is stronger than facts or logic. In actual fact, due to the fact that the desire for alcohol is “reality” to the alcohol addicted person, this is a challenging issue that is difficult to reverse.

The Incidence of Alcohol Addiction and Mental Health Problems Frequently Leads to Marital, Relationship, Divorce, and Friendship Problems

Lastly, Miss Benning told her students that it is relevant to understand that alcohol dependency and different mental health problems like depression are highly associated. Not only this but the occurrence of mental health difficulties and alcohol dependency frequently lead to friendship, relationship, marital, and divorce problems.

The Students are Excited to Learn About Alcohol Dependency Symptoms and Signs in Today’s Society

A few minutes later the bell rang, signifying the end of the class. Based on the excitement manifested by the pupils when they were leaving the classroom, Miss Benning knew that she had inspired and stimulated the pupils in her classroom to stop and think about a critical health and social problem that exists in our culture.