cause it points to the notion that stress levels influence alcoholism more than internal or genetic factors, an assumption hotly debated in other research (Richards, et.al., 1989).
Thus, although the use of alcohol in the United States is more widespread than many sociologists choose to admit, it is sometimes difficult to find a consummate definition of the problem. According to one source, alcohol forms an almost integral part of modern American culture Each professional group that has a particular treatment program seems to adopt its own model of what alcoholism is, however there are three models that have proven to gain more widespread acceptance. The first model, the medical or biomedical model, has three components: an infectious or toxic agent, a host, and a specific degenerative response resulting from the infection. This is the Jellinek model, which we will delve into in greater detail in the next section of the paper. The second model, called the genetic or genetotrophic, holds that the development of alcoholism is based on some spec
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