Alcoholism prevention and recovery - an Orthodox overview

Alcohol produces devastating consequences on the human being and society as a whole, starting with medical problems that directly affect consumer, continuing of social nature (affecting consumer's family well), economic (regarding amounts money spent purchase alcohol, but also related to workplace), well legal (increased rate divorces, commission traffic offenses or domestic violence, neglect children, manslaughter intentional murder), especially spiritual order (breaking connection God deepening more into sin).