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Alcoholism Is Disease, Think Over 60 Percent of Russians
Two thirds of the Russians (64 percent) regard alcoholism a disease. This opinion is mostly shared by the people of higher education (69 percent), showed the poll of the Public Opinion Fund.
Most of such believers think alcoholism could be cured (73 percent of respondents thinking alcoholism a disease or 47 percent of the polled overall), and don’t regard it hereditary (56 percent and 36 percent respectively), while 28 disagree with this assumption.
Of interest is that those thinking alcoholism a disease and those opposing this view equally tend to condemn alcoholics (65 percent of the first group, 66 percent of the second group and 65 percent overall).
The belief that an alcoholic can independently sign off drinking is shared by 62 percent of the polled, though 29 percent of respondents are not so optimistic.
At least 4 percent of respondents don't believe there are any ways to get free of alcoholism.
Most of the Russians know of alcoholism firsthand; two fifth of the polled confirmed they have alcoholics amid relatives and/or friends (46 percent of the city folk said so).
As to the reasons of alcoholism, most of the Russians blame it on the personal peculiarities of a person and on details of the biography of an alcoholic. People of weak character, lacking self-reliance and will power are unable to control themselves, think 14 percent of the polled, while 12 percent of respondents attribute it to the poor living conditions, lack of stability and of confidence in future.
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