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• n  habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms
• n  an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess

• For years, evidence has been accumulating that alcoholism is at least in part an inherited disease.
• From the rubble of a wasted life, he overcame alcoholism and founded the 12-step program that has helped millions of others do the same.
• Most physicians are convinced that alcoholism is, at bottom, a psychological disorder.

• alcohol addiction
• inebriation
• drunkenness
• dipsomania
• potomania

News & Articles

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• NIAAA Acting Director Talks About Alcoholism with Al-Anon Family Groups
  In the newest podcast from Al-Anon, the Acting Director of the NIAAA talks about the impact of a person’s alcoholism on others, and the misperceptions surrounding alcoholism despite current research. (PRWeb June 13, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10824385.htm
  June 13, 2013 - PRWeb
• Lawyer: Brewster man attacked cabbie because of PTSD, alcoholism
  The young Southeast filmmaker who attacked a Muslim taxi driver in Manhattan was plagued by alcoholism and post-traumatic stress disorder after recently returning from Afghanistan, his lawyer said.
  June 13, 2013 - The Journal News
• How alcoholism plays on the big screen
  We take a look at some of the films that have treated themes of alcoholism and addiction.
  June 12, 2013 - Minnesota Public Radio

Quotes

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• Sebastian Horsley in The Associated Press
  Sebastian, the elder son of millionaire Nicholas Horsley, described a childhood full of "atheism, alcoholism and insanity."
• Betty Hutton in MSNBC
  When I mentioned that I wanted to be a star, my mother thought I was nuts,Hutton recalled. "I thought if I became a star and got us out of poverty, she would quit drinking. I didn't know (alcoholism) was a disease; nobody did. There was no...
• Mark Foley in FOXNews
  I strongly believe that I am an alcoholic and have accepted the need for immediate treatment for alcoholism and other behavioral problems,Foley said in a statement released in Florida by his attorney, David Roth.