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Alcoholism.
Title: Alcoholism.
Category: Social Sciences / Psychology
Details: Words: 966 | Pages: 4.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Alcoholism.
Alcoholism
The American Council on Alcoholism best defines alcoholism as a primary, chronic disease with genetic, psychological, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. This disease is often progressive and fatal. It is characterized by continuous or periodic: impaired control over drinking, preoccupation with the drug alcohol, use of alcohol despite adverse consequences, and distortions in thinking, most notably denial (http://www.aca-usa.org).
Alcoholism is a very serious problem in today's society. In …showed first 75 words of 966 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 966 total…Croton Falls,NY: IWS inc. 1995 (4th edition)
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