I was with you until your conclusion: Mostly, alcoholism is classified as a "chemical dependency". I believe it's high time we classify a good part of alcohol dependency as a mental dependency. Long overdue. Where is your "mental" in the body? What does your brain use to operate? What is the result of putting the chemical alcohol into your brain? Here, I will break down reality of ingesting the chemical "ethanol" into your body and it's action in the brain that affects your mental state, since you seem to be caught in your own private statistic, as you incorrectly call it... ChatGPT: Inhibits brain activity: Ethanol enhances GABA, an inhibitory neurotransmitter. Reduces excitation: It suppresses glutamate signaling, particularly NMDA receptors. Reward effects: It can increase dopamine activity in reward pathways. Short term: Relaxation, reduced anxiety/inhibition, impaired judgment, slower reaction time, poor coordination, and eventually drowsiness or unconsciousness as blood alcohol rises. High doses: Severe poisoning can suppress the brain's control of breathing and consciousness, potentially causing coma or death. Repeated exposure: The brain adapts to alcohol. This can produce tolerance, dependence, and withdrawal when alcohol is suddenly removed. So, chemically speaking, alcohol changes the balance of excitatory and inhibitory signaling throughout the brain rather than simply "making you drunk."
