Monsters!
"Monsters!" is the first segment of the fifteenth episode from the first season (1985–86) of the television series The Twilight Zone.
Plot
Toby Michaels and his father are monster fanatics and Toby's room is full of monster movie memorabilia. When a new neighbor moves in, Toby goes next door to see if there are any children to play with. He meets the neighbor, Emile Bendictson, who notices Toby's monster interest and his vast collection through the window. In the course of the conversation, Emile reveals that he is a vampire, but Toby does not believe him because Emile is outside and it is still daylight. Emile just laughs it off, but Toby goes home to tell his tale to his parents. They, of course, dismiss it too.
Toby decides to spy on Emile, who has enough strength to lift the front end of his car while polishing it. Toby gets caught by Emile and tries to protect himself with garlic and a crucifix. Emile laughs and tells him that most of what he has read about vampires is not accurate. To illustrate this, Emile treats the boy to a garlic-filled Italian dinner. Emile tells Toby he wishes to just live out the rest of his days. Later, Toby goes to Emile's house and finds hospital bags of blood in the bottom of a closet. Then Toby begins to get sick, which his parents think is a case of the flu.
Monsters (Funeral for a Friend song)
"Monsters" was the second single released from Funeral for a Friend's second album Hours. It charted at number 36 in the UK. The song received a large amount of airplay on Radio 1 at the time, but did not chart that well and is one of the few singles not to appear on their Greatest Hits compilation Your History Is Mine: 2002-2009.
CD1:
1. Monsters 2. Sunday Bloody Sunday (U2 Cover)
CD2:
1. Monsters 2. The Boys Are Back In Town (Thin Lizzy Cover) 3. Monsters (Jagz Kooner Remix)
7" A: Monsters B: Babylon's Burning (The Ruts Cover)
Monsters (Matchbook Romance song)
Monsters is a song by the American rock band Matchbook Romance. It was released as the lead single from the band's second album, Voices on February 27, 2006.
In popular culture
Monsters was featured in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Madden NFL 07 and Arena Football: Road to Glory.
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Disease theory of alcoholism
The modern disease theory of alcoholism states that problem drinking is sometimes caused by a disease of the brain, characterized by altered brain structure and function.
The American Medical Association (AMA) had declared that alcoholism was an illness in 1956. In 1991, The AMA further endorsed the dual classification of alcoholism by the International Classification of Diseases under both psychiatric and medical sections.
Theory
Alcoholism is a chronic problem. However, if managed properly, damage to the brain can be stopped and to some extent reversed. In addition to problem drinking, the disease is characterized by symptoms including an impaired control over alcohol, compulsive thoughts about alcohol, and distorted thinking. Alcoholism can also lead indirectly, through excess consumption, to physical dependence on alcohol, and diseases such as cirrhosis of the liver.
The risk of developing alcoholism depends on many factors, such as environment. Those with a family history of alcoholism are more likely to develop it themselves (Enoch & Goldman, 2001); however, many individuals have developed alcoholism without a family history of the disease. Since the consumption of alcohol is necessary to develop alcoholism, the availability of and attitudes towards alcohol in an individual's environment affect their likelihood of developing the disease. Current evidence indicates that in both men and women, alcoholism is 50–60% genetically determined, leaving 40-50% for environmental influences.
