Alcohol addiction and Alcohol Abuse Disorder also have a severe impact on social interactions and situations.
Missed work/lost productivity: Individuals who are suffering from alcohol addiction may miss work often due to hangovers and sickness. As a result, they typically experience a loss of productivity at work and increased pressure from management and coworkers.
Relationship problems: Alcohol addiction also frequently leads to family problems and broken relationships. This is because addicted individuals are often unreliable, act irrationally, may be aggressive or irritable, and put others in dangerous or life-threatening situations.
Financial problems: In addition, many people who are addicted to alcohol will neglect responsibilities such as paying bills, taking children to school, or spending and saving money responsibly. All of this contributes to broken relationships at home, school, and work.
Physical/emotional abuse: Domestic violence and sexual assault are also common symptoms of alcohol addiction, as irrational and aggressive behaviors are more likely to occur under the influence of alcohol.5