Impressive
number of empty beer cans.
Alcoholism is a term
with multiple and sometimes conflicting definitions. In
common and historic usage, alcoholism is any condition
that results in the continued consumption of alcoholic
beverages, despite health problems and negative social
consequences. Modern medical definitions describe alcoholism
as a disease and addiction which results in a persistent
use of alcohol despite negative consequences. In the 19th
and early 20th centuries, alcoholism, also referred to
as dipsomania described a preoccupation with, or compulsion
toward the consumption of, alcohol and/or an impaired
ability to recognize the negative effects of excessive
alcohol consumption... |
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