Alcohol use involves drinking beer, wine, or hard liquor.
See also:
Beer consumption; Wine consumption; Hard liquor consumption
People have been drinking alcoholic beverages since prehistoric times. The discovery of the distillation process during the 12th century made it possible to make drinks with higher alcohol content (hard liquor) than can be...
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Source: Harvard Decision Guide
What Is It? Alcoholism (alcohol dependence) is a long-lasting illness that is characterized by: A craving for alcohol A physical... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Sometimes a person can recognize that alcohol is causing problems, and will seek the advice of a doctor on their own. Other times, family, friends,... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
for AlcoholismThere are many options for treatment for alcohol use disorders. They depend in part on the severity of the patients drinking.Treatment... Read more »
A team of researchers from Yale University has found that the risk of a child of an alcoholic parent developing a psychiatric illness in later life... Read more »