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Alcoholism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3369 words) |
 | Alcoholism is the consumption of, or preoccupation with, alcoholic beverages to the extent that this behavior interferes with the drinker's normal personal, family, social, or work life, and may lead to physical, or mental harm. |
| Alcoholism is one of the world's most costly drug use problems; with the exception of nicotine addiction, alcoholism is more costly to most countries than all other drug use problems combined. |
| For alcoholism, that behavior is the consumption of alcoholic beverages. |
| Article about "Alcoholism" in the English Wikipedia on 24-Apr-2004 (541 words) |
| Alcoholism is an addictive dependency on alcohol characterised by craving (a strong need to drink); loss of control (being unable to stop); physical dependence and withdrawal symptoms; and tolerance (increasing difficulty of becoming drunk). |
| Alcoholism is a life-threatening problem that often ends in death, particularly through liver disease, internal bleeding, alcohol poisoning, accidents and suicide. |
| Pharmacological agents used in treatment of alcoholism include anxiolytics such as benzodiazpine to treat symptoms of acute withdrawal, Disulfiram and Naltrexone to improve compliance with abstinance planning and the standard pharmocopeia of anti-depressants, anxiolytics and other psychotropic drugs to treat underlying mood disorders, neuroses and psychoses associated with alcoholic symptoms. |
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