Alcoholism
Alcoholism, chronic and usually progressive illness involving the excessive
inappropriate ingestion of ethyl alcohol, whether in the form of familiar
alcoholic beverages or as a constituent of other substances. Alcoholism is
thought to arise from a combination of a wide range of physiological,
psychological, social, and genetic factors. It is characterized by an emotional
and often physical dependence on alcohol, and it frequently leads to brain
damage or early death. Some 10 percent of the adult drinkers in the United
States are considered alcoholics or at least they experience drinking problems
to some degree. More males than females are affected, but drinking among the
young and among women is increasing. Consumption of alcohol is apparently on the
rise in the United States, countries of the former Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics, and many European nations. This is paralleled by growing evidence of
increasing numbers of alcohol-related problems in other nations,......
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