Alcoholics use alcohol more as a personality changing drug rather than a beverage served with food or as a social custom.
An alcoholic usually has a high tolerance to alcohol, which means being able to drink more and show fewer side effects than others.
People are unable to predict how much an alcoholic will drink at a certain occasion or if the alcoholic is practicing abstaining from alcohol, when the drinking will resume again.
Ethyl alcohol, the alcohol used in alcoholic beverages, consists of C2H5OH.
Fetal alcohol syndrome is caused by alcohol consumption of pregnant women.
For most alcoholics, the next step is detoxification, which is the medical management of severe alcohol withdrawal symptoms.
Through classical conditioning the alcoholics begin to subconsciously relate the side effects to the alcohol therefore, making their drinking seem extremely unpleasant.
Although there have been many advances in the treatment of alcoholism, there are still many deaths, more than 100,000 in the US, resulting from the excess abuse of alcohol.
At-risk drinking: more than 14 drinks per week or 4 drinks at one sitting for men and more than seven drinks a week or three drinks at one sitting for women.
Alcohol dependence: The individual experiences three or more of the following alcohol-related problems over a period of one year: increased amounts of alcohol needed to produce an effect; withdrawal symptoms; drinking more over a given period than intended; unsuccessful attempts to quit or cut down; giving up significant leisure or work activities; continuing drinking in spite of the knowledge of its physical or psychological harm to oneself or others.
An alcoholic usually has a high tolerance to alcohol, which means being able to drink more and show fewer side effects than others.
People are unable to predict how much an alcoholic will drink at a certain occasion or if the alcoholic is practicing abstaining from alcohol, when the drinking will resume again.
Ethyl alcohol, the alcohol used in alcoholic beverages, consists of C2H5OH.
Fetal alcohol syndrome is caused by alcohol consumption of pregnant women.
For most alcoholics, the next step is detoxification, which is the medical management of severe alcohol withdrawal symptoms.
Through classical conditioning the alcoholics begin to subconsciously relate the side effects to the alcohol therefore, making their drinking seem extremely unpleasant.
Although there have been many advances in the treatment of alcoholism, there are still many deaths, more than 100,000 in the US, resulting from the excess abuse of alcohol.
At-risk drinking: more than 14 drinks per week or 4 drinks at one sitting for men and more than seven drinks a week or three drinks at one sitting for women.
Alcohol dependence: The individual experiences three or more of the following alcohol-related problems over a period of one year: increased amounts of alcohol needed to produce an effect; withdrawal symptoms; drinking more over a given period than intended; unsuccessful attempts to quit or cut down; giving up significant leisure or work activities; continuing drinking in spite of the knowledge of its physical or psychological harm to oneself or others.
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