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In today’s world, the pace of life entails many risks. One of them is the addiction to alcohol. Alcohol abuse by young people reaches worrying proportions. Most people consider themselves free from addiction. Teenagers see nothing wrong in consuming a few drinks or beers. Disturbing is the fact that every year the age at which young people start drinking alcohol is lowering. Moreover, the intensity of drinking increases. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the youth’s opinion about the alcoholism phenomenon in the light of empirical research conducted among young people. Analysis of the results of the empirical studies will be preceded by theoretical considerations about alcoholism.