Alcoholism is a broad term for problems with alcohol, and is generally used to mean compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages, usually to the detriment of the drinker's health, personal relationships, and social standing.

Alcoholism is called a " dual disease " since it includes both mental and physical components.

Alcoholism is associated with loss of employment, which can lead to financial problems.

* The World League Against Alcoholism is established by the Anti-Saloon League.

* The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism is established.

Alcoholism is associated with dampened activation in brain networks responsible for emotional processing, including the amygdala.

Canadian guidelines discuss this lack of clarity and parenthetically point out that " heavy alcohol use " is defined by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism as five or more drinks per episode on five or more days during a 30 day period.

Alcoholism refers to an entity in which alcohol or any cross-tolerant addictive agent is involved.

* Alcoholism — The story of Funky's struggle with alcoholism and recovery was compiled by Tom Batiuk in the book My Name is Funky and I'm an Alcoholic.

Alcoholism is however not a main theme of the comic.

Alcoholism is normally associated with nutritional deficiencies, which may contribute to the development of alcoholic polyneuropathy.

Alcoholism is the main cause of alcoholic polyneuropathy.

The 1970s-era anti-alcoholism stamp of the US is a well-known example ; it consists merely of the slogan " Alcoholism: You Can Beat It!

According to a study conducted by Alec Roy, formerly at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, norepinephrine is secreted under stress, arousal, or thrill, so pathological gamblers gamble to make up for their under-dosage.

He is a former Chairman of the Assembly Task Force on Demographics and Reapportionment, and a former Chairman of the Assembly Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Committee.

Alcoholism is the most common condition predisposing to lung abscesses.

Skinner is editor of two anthologies of poems, Last Call: Poems of Alcoholism, Addiction, and Deliverance ; and Passing the Word: Poets and Their Mentors.

The Coalition for the Prevention of Alcohol Problems is a Washington D. C .- based coalition of 24 public health and consumer groups co-chaired by George Hacker of the Alcohol Policies Project at the Center for Science in the Public Interest and Stacia Murphy of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence.

He is co-chair of the Coalition for the Prevention of Alcohol Problems, whose members include the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence ( NCADD ) and many other public health and prevention groups.

Clarren is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a past president of the FAS study group for the Research Society on Alcoholism, past president of the West Coast Teratology Society, and a member of the Society for Pediatric Research, New York Academy of Science, the Teratology Society.

Alcohol equivalence is emphasized as being important for drinking in moderation by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism ( NIAAA ), Department of Transportation ( DOT ), Department of Health and Human Services ( DHHS ), American Dietetic Association, National Consumers League, National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence ( NCADD ), and Mothers Against Drunk Driving ( MADD ).

In the United States, Collegedrinkingprevention. gov is a government funded website based through the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism which aims to change the drinking culture of college.

Originally proposed by Alcoholics Anonymous ( AA ) as a method of recovery from alcoholism, the Twelve Steps were first published in the book Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism in 1939.

In a survey of treatment providers from three separate institutions ( the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors, Rational Recovery Systems and the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors ) measuring the treatment provider's responses on the Spiritual Belief Scale ( a scale measuring belief in the four spiritual characteristics AA identified by Ernest Kurtz ); the scores were found to explain 41 % of the variance in the treatment provider's responses on the Addiction Belief Scale ( a scale measuring adherence to the disease model or the free-will model addiction ).

* The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure by Chris Prentiss ( Power Press, 2007 ) ISBN 0-943015-44-8

* The ETOH database, an Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science database, produced by the NIAAA ( National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism ).

The March of Dimes has provided grant funding for FAS research, and they supported the National Council on Alcoholism in its push for legislation to bring public attention to the dangers of alcohol use by pregnant women.

In 1993, Jean Kilbourne was appointed by the U. S. Secretary of Health and Human Services to the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

Senator Harris has been recognized for his leadership by the National Child Support Enforcement Association, Texas Medical Association, American Cancer Society, Texas Association of Realtors, Texas Civil Justice League, Family Law Specialty of the Texas State Bar, Tarrant County Family Bar Association, Fort Worth and Dallas Chambers of Commerce, Retired Teachers ' Association, Humane Society of North Texas, Future Farmers of America, Texas Municipal Officers ' League, American Subcontractors Association, Texas Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors, and Texas State Troopers Association.

As a U. S. Senator, Hughes persuaded the Chairman of the Senate ’ s Labor and Public Welfare Committee to establish a Special Sub-committee on Alcoholism and Narcotics, chaired by Hughes himself.

) The characters of Terry and Dean were later seen again, featured in the Michael Dowse-directed music video " The Slow Descent Into Alcoholism " by The New Pornographers.

Rutigliano considered the Inner Circle his greatest accomplishment as an NFL coach, and on November 14, 2007, Rutigliano was given the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence's Bronze Key Award by the NCADD's Northeast Ohio affiliate, Recovery Resources.

The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence ( NCADD ) was founded in 1944 by the first female member of Alcoholics Anonymous ( AA ), Marty Mann ( 1905-1980 ).

The World League Against Alcoholism was organized by the Anti-Saloon League, whose goal became establishing prohibition not only in the United States but throughout the entire world.

Alcoholism, already at levels that alarmed officials, increased ; absenteeism and declining worker discipline affected productivity ; and emigration, the ultimate expression of alienation, surpassed 100, 000 during the 1970s.

Alcoholism can have adverse effects on mental health, causing psychiatric disorders and increasing the risk of suicide.

* Rethinking Drinking, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

* National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIMH ( 1970-73 )

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism defines binge drinking as a pattern of drinking alcohol that brings blood alcohol concentration to 0. 08 grams percent or above.

He was chairman of the National Council on Alcoholism, and was a member of the Parliamentary Groups on Human Rights and against abortion.

Alcohol abuse and alcoholism did not receive full recognition as a major public health problem until the mid-1960s, when the National Center for Prevention and Control of Alcoholism was established as part of NIMH ; a research program on drug abuse was inaugurated within NIMH with the establishment of the Center for Studies of Narcotic and Drug Abuse.

Then, the DHEW secretary administratively established the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration ( ADAMHA ) – composed of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and NIMH – as the successor organization to HSMHA.

Riegle also served on the Senate Committee on Finance, where he served as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health for Families and the Uninsured, the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, where he served as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, where he served as the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Science and Space, and was a member of the Senate Committee on Budget from 1979 to 1994.

* Two Wilbur D. Mills Endowed Chairs on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, University of * Arkansas Medical Science Campus