Essay Archive - Alcoholism: Symptoms, Causes, and Effects
Alcoholism: Symptoms, Causes, and Effects
Alcoholism is a disease that affects many people in the United States
today. It not only affects the alcoholic, but also their family, friends, co-
workers, and eventually total strangers. The symptoms are many, as are the
causes and the effects.
Alcoholism is defined as a pattern of drinking in which harmful
consequences result for the drinker, yet, they continue to drink. There are two
types of drinkers. The first type, the casual or social drinker, drinks because
they want to. They drink with a friend or with a group for pleasure and only on
occasion. The other type, ....
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