Physical dependence on alcohol to the extent that stopping alcohol use would bring on withdrawal symptoms. In popular and therapeutic parlance, the term may also be used to refer to ingrained drinking habits that cause health or social problems. Treatment requires first ending the physical dependence and then making lifestyle changes that help the [..]

A chronic disease in which a person craves drinks that contain alcohol and is unable to control his or her drinking. A person with this disease also needs to drink greater amounts to get the same effe [..]

"disease of alcohol addiction," 1852, from alcohol + -ism, or else from Modern Latin alcoholismus, coined in 1852 by Swedish professor of medicine Magnus Huss (1807-1890) to mean what we now [..]

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. A condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.

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Alcoholism is an illness marked by consumption of alcoholic beverages at a level that interferes with physical or mental health, and social, family, or occupational responsibilities. Alcoholism is a t [..]

(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 sympt [..]

Another term for alcohol dependence: A chronic, progressive disease characterized by excessive and often compulsive drinking, impaired control over drinking, use of alcohol despite adverse consequence [..]

Addiction to alcohol.

Alcoholism means that someone frequently drinks too much alcohol (such as beer, wine, or liquor) and can't stop. Alcoholic drinks can change the way someone acts. Someone who is drunk might not r [..]

Alcoholism is the physical and psychological dependence on alcohol whereby not having alcohol causes a series of unpleasent withdrawal effects, including depression, anxiety, delerium, migraine, nause [..]

Addiction to alcohol

, The belief that alcoholism is a condition of primary biological causation and predictable natural history, conforming to accepted definitions of a disease. They lay perspective of Alcoholics Anonymous (1939)-that alcoholism, characterized by the individual’s loss of control over drinking and thus over his or her life, was a "sickness"-w [..]

A primary, Chronic Disease with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. The Disease is often progressive and fatal. It is characterized by impa [..]

A primary, chronic disease with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. The disease is often progressive and fatal. It is characterized by impa [..]

A disease in which a person craves alcohol, is unable to limit his or her drinking, needs to drink greater amounts to get the same effect, and has withdrawal symptoms after stopping alcohol use. Alcoholism affects physical and mental health, and causes problems with family, friends, and work. Also called alcohol dependence.

addiction to alcohol

<disease> A disorder characterised by pathological pattern of alcohol use that causes a serious impairment in social or occupational functioning. In DSN III R this is termed alcohol abuse or, if tolerance or withdrawal is present, alcohol dependence. (18 Nov 1997)

Alcoholism is a chronic disease that makes the body dependent on alcohol. Alcoholism develops over time, to the point where the alcoholic becomes obsessed over alcohol, can no longer control alcoholic [..]

Definition is in 3 FAM 695 3-3 (USAID Automated Directives System - ADS - Chapter 408).

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An addiction to alcohol. A chronic, progressive, treatable disease characterized by a person's inability to control or stop drinking alcohol. "Denial" that alcohol interferes with a person's physical, psychological or social problems is common.