Furthermore, the alcoholic's emotions become inflamed both when he drinks excessively and when he stops drinking. Thus, when he is drinking and whn he is abstinent, he will feel angry, fearful, and depressed in exaggerated degress. As with psychological and emotional problems, alcoholics experience all the social pressures everyone else does, but their ability to cope is undermined by the disease and the problems get worse. When the alcoholic is drinking, he reveals his true personality. Alcohol's effect on the brain causes severe psychological and emotional distortions of the normal personality.
Sobriety reveals the alcoholic's true personality.
The fact that alcoholics often continue to be depressed, anxious, irritable, and unhappy after they stop drinking is evidence their disease is caused by psychological problems. If people would only drink responsibly, they would not become alcoholics. Many responsible drinkers become alcoholics. An alcoholic has to want help to be helped. Most drinking alcoholics do nto want to be helped.