What are the sevens signs of alcoholism
Also known as alcohol dependence, alcoholism is a disabling addictive disorder where a person displays uncontrolled abuse of alcoholic beverages despite recurring negative consequences on their health or social life. It is a treatable disease. In the early 1800’s through the 1900’s it was called dipsomania before the term alcoholism replaced it. Symptoms Alcoholism is characterized by an increase in tolerance to alcohol and loss of control of the intake of alcohol along with one or many other physical, psychological, or social problems. Physical problems include cirrhosis of the liver, pancreatitis, epilepsy, dementia, heart disease, sexual dysfunction and cancer. Psychiatric symptoms can include severe dementia (10% of all dimensia is related to alcohol), schizophrenia, and other psychiatric disturbances. Social effects of alcohol are not at all uncommon traits of the disease. Child abuse, domestic violence, rapes, burglaries, assualts, divorce, and loss of employment can all stem fro