Insulin Dependent Diagnosis
- Alcohol Dependence (Alcoholism)
- What Is It? & Symptoms
- Diagnosis & Expected Duration
- Prevention & Treatment
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Diagnosis
Your doctor will ask you about your history of using alcohol and other drugs. He or she also will ask about any alcohol-related problems that you might have had at work, at home or with the law, including arrests or episodes of driving while intoxicated. Your doctor also may ask about any physical symptoms of alcoholism. Although these questions can be embarrassing to answer truthfully, your doctor should see alcoholism as an illness to treat, and will not respond to you as if you had...
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