1. What is alcoholism? 2. How do people become alcoholics? 3. What are the
effects of alcoholism? 4. How do you diagnose alcoholism? 5. Is there a cure for
alcoholics? 6. What is the treatment? What is alcoholism? Alcoholism is a chronic
illness or disorder. Alcohol effects many parts of the body. Alcoholism is also a brain
disease.(NIDA 1) There are many stages to alcoholism. The two main stages are abuse
and dependence. Alcohol abuse is maladaptive pattern of alcohol use manifested by
recurrent and significant adverse consequences related to the repeated use of
alcohol.(NIAAA 7) Alcohol dependence involves a cluster of cognitive, behavioral, and
physiological symptoms that result from repeated self-administration that usually results
in tolerance, withdrawal, and compulsive drug-taking behavior.(NIAAA 7) There are
three types of drinkers. The daily drinker, the weekend drinker, and the binge drinker.
Binge drinkers are the most dangerous, they are the most likely to die of alcohol
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How do people become alcoholics? Nobody knows how people become
alcoholics. Many people believe that it is a genetic trait passed down. Studies have
shown that alcoholism may be genetic. If it is genetic it is in an indirect way. Others say
it is a learned maladaptive coping behavior. This means that drinking is a bad coping
behavior learned through parents or friends. More than forty percent of people who
began drinking at the age of fifteen or before were classified as dependent at some time
in their lives.(NIAAA 7) Compared to people who didn't drink until the age of twenty-
one people who started at age fifteen were twice as likely to develop an abuse problem
and four time more likely to develop dependence problems.(NIAAA 7) The risk of
alcohol dependence and abuse decreases steadily with each increasing year of...