Drinking and Driving and Alcohol Dependence In traditional Chinese culture, alcohol has a very important role as a medium for emotional communication and exchange. Many Chinese people like to enhance their relationship through drinking and socializing without realizing that alcohol can be harmful to themselves and others if they overdo it. Internationally, alcohol has been recognized as a soft drug. In the International Drug Convention, alcohol, tobacco and drugs are considered together as “dependence properties”. Not only high level liquor, but also beer can lead to alcohol dependence. In China, however, the Chinese drinking public is significantly less aware of the harmful effects of alcohol. Although the social problems caused by alcohol consumption are clichés, the seriousness of the problem cannot be ignored. It is reported that more than 110,000 people die from alcohol poisoning each year in China, accounting for 1.3% of the total mortality rate. China has become the world’s “hardest hit” by alcohol. Every year, there are hundreds of thousands of traffic accidents caused by drunk driving, and more than half of them are related to drunk driving. There are even a lot of disputes caused by persuasive drinking and forced drinking. The effect of alcohol on the brain Alcohol is an anesthetic, a central nervous system depressant,. Once a large amount of use, acute neuropsychiatric symptoms can occur, long-term drinking can produce alcohol dependence, alcoholic mental disorders, and even irreversible neurological damage. At the beginning of drinking, due to the weakening of the inhibitory control function into the excitement period, there is mostly emotional excitement, whether subjective or objective almost no fatigue-like. The drinker is euphoric, talks a lot, is more cordial to acquaintances and uninhibited to strangers, has a satisfied expression, is energetic and has a sense of well-being. At the same time, the heart rate is accelerated, the face is red and the breathing is rapid, and there is no change in consciousness at this time. The intake of more alcohol has serious damage to the brain’s memory, attention, judgment, and emotional response. Drinking too much alcohol can cause slurred speech, blurred vision, loss of balance, and inhibition, resulting in confusion, decreased judgment and reaction ability, and inability to concentrate while driving. Alcohol dependence causes personality changes Influenced by the traditional wine culture of “no wine, no banquet” and the need for social interaction, many successful people become a high-risk group for drinking and driving. These people have obvious industry characteristics, generally have a long drinking age, work under pressure, usually socialize a lot, and the main function of alcoholic beverages is to reduce anxiety. Living in such an environment for a long time, drinking makes them acquire a subjective sense of power; physically feel a sense of warmth triggered by alcohol, psychologically experience the strength and superiority after drinking, and socially experience the respect of others for them. They go from being more able to drink to enjoying alcohol, and finally develop a dependence on alcohol. Long-term drinking causes changes in personality. Drinkers have an increased sense of self-centeredness, a reduced sense of obligation, responsibility, and morality, a lack of care for family and relatives, and a lazy, irresponsible, and negligent approach to work. Drinkers’ moral standards are lowered and they disregard laws and regulations, their own lives and the lives of others, and social ethics and social obligations. Although the law and the media have made it clear that you can’t drink and drive, some people still ignore it and take a chance. Drinking and driving and alcohol dependence Drinking and driving is a social problem, and it is recommended that the state should severely punish drinking and driving and revoke their driver’s licenses once found. Because the driver knows that driving after drinking is illegal, but still does it, there is a subjective attempt to make a mistake, should be heavily punished. Those who persuade and force alcohol to cause accidents and injuries caused by drinkers should also be severely punished if the evidence is conclusive. It is recommended that in food establishments, public places where alcohol can be consumed and parking lots should have the warnings “No Drinking and Driving” and “No Persuasion and Forced Drinking”. Society should promote a civilized drinking concept, to make the concept of “driving without alcohol” deeply rooted in people’s hearts, “moderate, healthy, civilized” drinking. For those who have the tendency of alcohol dependence and those who are already dependent on alcohol should go to the relevant hospital for consultation and treatment. Of course, alcohol dependence is not a purely medical problem, and one cannot expect to successfully quit drinking with the help of one or two drugs, but should mobilize the participation of family, friends and relatives and other social forces to help them quit drinking. On the basis of a full understanding of the hazards of alcohol addiction, we should mobilize the patient’s own enthusiasm and initiative; encourage and supervise the patient’s friends and relatives around him or her, and repeatedly strengthen his or her determination to quit drinking; patiently assist the patient to solve the problems in interpersonal relationships, strengthen communication at ordinary times, attach importance to the construction of personal social support networks and family support networks, seek psychological help from family and friend exchanges, and divide psychological pressure. Effectively, through reasonable and reasonable catharsis, regulate themselves to avoid emotional crisis. Modern society is living and working at an increasingly fast pace, and fierce competition makes modern people more and more stressed, and if these pressures cannot be released reasonably, it will lead to emotional disorders. And people do not identify their emotional disorders in time, but use alcohol to kill their sorrows, or feel relief from emotional disorders after occasional drinking, which will reinforce this drinking behavior and form alcohol dependence over time. In short, whether it is the love of alcohol as life, alcohol to kill the sadness, alcohol to spill or drunk driving all the way to the wild, the result is harmful to others and themselves. The hazards of drinking and driving have exceeded fatigue driving, becoming a hidden killer on the road. Advise all car drivers, cherish life, prevent alcohol dependence, and prohibit drunk driving.