ALCOHOLISM A DISEASE.

Alcoholism: a disease of internal medicine.

Treating Alcoholism As a Chronic Disease

For many patients, alcohol and other drug (AOD) use disorders are chronic, recurring conditions involving multiple cycles of treatment, abstinence, and relapse. To disrupt this cycle, treatment can include continuing care to reduce the risk of relapse. The most commonly used treatment approach is initial intensive inpatient or outpatient care based on 12-step principles, followed by continuing ...

Heavy Drinking. The Myth of Alcoholism as a Disease

In this short and interesting book, a renowned philosopher with expertise in mental illness reviews the major findings of the biology, psychology, and politics of alcoholism. His message is that alcoholism is not a disease. Rather, he argues, heavy drinking is a "way of life." Political, social, and personal forces may sharply affect the extent to which destructive drinking takes place. The boo...

Alcoholism – the Worst Addiction

Introduction: The most common substance of abuse/dependence in patients presenting for treatment in western countries is alcohol. Ethyl alcohol or ethanol which is also called medicinal alcohol is used as an official drug compendium. It is also administered as an antidote in methanol poisoning. However, regular consumption of high amounts of alcoholic drinks induces dependence and addiction lea...

A history of alcoholism

Jean-Charles Sournia is both an eminent French historian and Vice President of the French government's Commission on Alcohol. A history of alcoholism is the English translation of his ambitious attempt to chronicle how attitudes towards the excessive consumption of alcohol have changed through time. Both the structure of this book and its point of view reflect the author's dual perspective. Whi...