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StatementStatement“But, he (or she) is a functional

alcoholic.”

Translation: The drinking problem doesn’t bother me.

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The American Medical Association and World Health Organization declared alcoholism a disease over 50 years ago.

• If you drink alcoholic beverages, even occasionally, you need to know the facts about alcoholism.

Alcoholism is not a psychiatric illness and it is not a psychological problem.

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Alcoholism is a recognized medical illness acquired by those susceptible to it, who begin drinking for the same reasons as most people do.

Alcohol is a drug, and susceptibility to alcohol addiction has strong hereditary factors that have been extensively researched.

Alcoholism is also not a willpower problem.

It is not a character issue. And it isn’t “learned.”

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Not everyone who drinks alcohol becomes an alcoholic. It affects about one in ten drinkers in the United States.

If you have alcoholism in your family and you drink alcohol, your risk of acquiring alcoholism is significantly higher than that of other people who have no family history of alcoholism.

Alcoholism is not an “equal opportunity” illness. Some people who drink will never experience problems with alcohol, while others will drink alcoholically almost immediately.

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• Understanding alcoholism, who becomes alcoholic and why, and how to best treat it, have been the subject of political, religious, psychological, and medical debate for centuries.

• This has contributed to significant confusion about alcoholism.

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