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alcoholism |
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alcoholismDependence on alcohol. It is characterized as an illness when consumption of alcohol interferes with normal physical or emotional health. Excessive alcohol consumption, whether through sustained ingestion or irregular drinking bouts or binges, may produce physical and psychological addiction and lead to nutritional and emotional disorders. Long-term heavy consumption of alcohol leads to diseases of the heart, liver, and peripheral nerves. Support groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous are helpful.
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| The report also indicates that his mother, who was a chronic alcoholic, was "abusive and incapable of caring for any of her children for any extended period of time. One general, a chronic alcoholic, marched off to quell the Tomochic uprising, and ended up attacking a corn field while in a drunken stupor. A chronic alcoholic who died in 1942 at age 50, Barrymore was a brilliant actor bent on self-destruction. |
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