Historically, doctors have highrates of alcoholism, as do dentists.\nI've met a few dentisst in the pub, but never a doctor!
202601
It is ingrained in the culture to behave respectably in public if you are a medical provider.  It is also important to maintain control in public.  You never know when you might run into a patient or a patient's family.  How much trust would you have in your physician if you saw him/her drunk at the pub last Saturday?  I imagine its the same for ministers (who also have a high rate of alcoholism)
577622
I live in a rural area.  Alcohol is a drug and we have a lot of deaths from drinking and driving in our area....at least 4 or 5 a year involving teens....I lost two classmates within a year of graduation from drinking and driving accidents (seperate accidents)....as far as o.d. on say, heroin, cocaine...etc....none like that....we have a fantastically huge number of deaths from cancer in my area.
566751
In a word:  NO\n\nI think your friend's story of a man having an accident the day after he stopped drinking is pure coincidence.  Alcoholic problems are usually described in the sense when drinking effects (poorly) other areas of your life.  So if you are talking about drinking in excess before you go to sleep and likely suffering a hang over or having not enough real sleep, it will likely make it very difficult to perform your job the next day.  \n\nStudies have shown that drinking a glass of wine a day keeps the doctor away.
240517
I think u make a really good point! All kinds of Doctors are in bed with the drug industry! \n\nI am not sure how that makes psychiatry evil but i think they should lower their rates so the people that really need their help can afford it if they are making BIG BUCKS from the drug industry! It is a shame that they would take kick backs to prescribe a drug u might not need! \n\nDr Phil is a mean spirited entertainer. I know he us supposed to be a psychologist but i seen him call a mother stupid because her son was overeating! I think he is obnoxious!
223564
i didn't see your first question, but I can say that alcoholism is a disease; and, until the person accepts that they can NOT control their drinking, then their drinking WILL CONTROL THEM. The fellowship of AA does work if the individual is willing to WORK IT.....good luck with your mother and god bless.... Yes, we must forgive, as God so forgives us.....
216928
You obviously have never had a disorder bad enough to require medication. It's like asking a diabetic to relax some and make their own insulin. I do think anti-depressants are over prescribed but some people absolutely need them. People like myself.
4012
It is believed "alcohol consumption is undesirable and dangerous; it typically results in problem behavior; and drinking in any degree is equally undesirable because moderate social drinking is the forerunner of chronic inebriation. Naturally, young people, if not everyone, should be protected from alcohol, according to this view."
18410
I've never been a fan of the "either or" game. I think the evidence is pretty solid that your genes DO play a role in major traits like this - but it's a role of PREDISPOSITION, not one that dooms you to become an alcoholic, or obese, or anything like that.\n\nFor those with a family history of alcoholism, it may be easier for them to become alcoholics - but only after an environment has allowed them to do so. You're not predestined to become an alcoholic, but if you do, it will be much harder for you than for others to quit.\n\nSo don't try to place the blame on any one factor, although it's easy to do. Major developments like this usually have a host of factors that contributed to them. Try to cover your bases and make sure you don't put yourself in a compromising position.
261622
Unfortunately it's all about entertainment.  Same thing with actors.  Millions of people paying for the same product in sports and entertainment.  Whereas a doctor or other profession only has the one patient at a time and can only ask for so much in payment.  Doesn't seem right, but it's about where the money, better yet how many people it's coming from.
27940
The rooms are small and they would just be in the way. AND - We are such a law suit crazy country that no dentist wants to work behind a closed door, especially with a patient of the opposite sex. Their insurance doesn't want them behind closed doors either. It also makes it much easier to call an assistant or to move among several patients who are all in different stages of treatment at the same time.
229555
Yes and No.  I've been afraid of doctors and dentists (never hospitals) but after I went to the doctor and found out everything was fine, I'm not afraid of them anymore.\n\nAs for dentists, I think I'll always be afraid of dentists.  I had to have almost every baby tooth taken out by a dentist (teeth were too strong to come out) and now all I can think about is that evil grinding sound and *cringes* all the tools and stuff.\n\nDefinately going to need a therapist now (if I didn't already) :)
196954
Hell we have doctors practicing without license. Give it a shot. This country is screwed up anyway
293655
I'm a dentist.\n\nNo, we are not con men.  You are just a very untrusting patient and a cheapskate who doesn't want to pay for necessary work.  Gold fillings, caps, and "all sorts of stuff" exist because people need them.\n\nThe problem with many patients we see is that they seem to think that they are perfectly capable of diagnosing their dental needs, and that when we dentists make a diagnosis different than their own we are trying to "upsell".\n\nWe, as dentists, put up with patient ignorance and stupidity more than any other type of doctor.  We spend more time with you than your primary care physician does.  We listen to your useless, meaningless descriptions of "how much my tooth has been hurting" more than any other kind of doctor, and you patients put the kinds of unrealistic expectations on us that you wouldn't dare put on your physician.\n\nYou really don't understand what it is we do.  We take your diseased mouth and fix it so that you can eat normally instead of gumming your food, or worse, dying.  That little cavity we diagnosed and treated would have progressed into an abscess that could kill you.  Trust me, I've seen many patients admitted into hospitals for infections so extensive that they had to be intubated in order to protect the airway.  And when a tooth is sensitive after we place a filling in it, you blame us as if we damaged a pefectly healthy tooth.\n\nThere are thousands of fillings out there, placed by me, that are chomping down on food in thousands of peoples' mouths.  Few if any of these patients give a second thought about the fact that they've got dental work in there.  But if it wasn't there, they'd certainly miss it.  What we do is truly amazing, yet unappreciated.\n\nOur job is exceedingly difficult.  It's why dentists are more prone to suicide.  A recent study showed that 68% of dentists wish they were in another profession.  We stick with it out of a sense of obligation to our patients.  Despite the fact that you drive us nuts and often treat us like sh*t, we are concerned for your health.\n\nMake no mistake about it, though, we record our treatment recommendations as well as the fact you ignored them.
600766
Some genes booze heavily and hibernate.\nWhile the others - ex-pressed!
222799
Why not compare it to the huge numbers of alcohaul and cigarette consumers among America's lower class population. But which came first? Do the poor use booze and smokes to help deal with the emotional pain of being poor, or are they poor because the blow their money on booze and smokes instead of working harder? And of course the health links are self perpetuating. Both habits lessen life expectancy and supress the immune system, causing more missed work due to illness and speeding the descent of poverty.\n\nJust some thoughts to help you along.
156795
I have alcoholic friends who are professional people and not at all religiously minded.\nThey say that it is almost like a "mantra" - a way of fucusing your mind.\nThey all mix with different classes and are non-judgmental.\nIt is a terrible disease and not tolerated by society, because it is so scary.\nI wish I had the guts to go to one of their meetings and I genuinely respect those who have, irrespective of race, class, religion etc... good Luck!
389503
I think it's only certain doctors that do this; my family doctor will give out pretty much any prescription like candy so long as he knows the medical history of the person.\n\nI think that too many people take anti-depressants without undergoing any sort of therapy (which is usually needed to actually recover from depression).