Alcoholism, Causes, Signs and Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment.

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Chapters

0:00 Introduction
2:10 Causes of Alcoholism
3:12 Symptoms of Alcoholism
3:57 Diagnosis of Alcoholism
4:32 Treatment of Alcoholism

Alcoholism is, broadly, any drinking of alcohol that results in significant mental or physical health problems.[14] Alcoholism is not a recognized diagnostic entity. Predominant diagnostic classifications are alcohol use disorder[2] (DSM-5)[4] or alcohol dependence (ICD-11).[15]

Excessive alcohol use can damage all organ systems, but it particularly affects the brain, heart, liver, pancreas and immune system.[4][5] Alcoholism can result in mental illness, delirium tremens, Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome, irregular heartbeat, an impaired immune response, liver cirrhosis and increased cancer risk.[4][5][16] Drinking during pregnancy can result in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.[3] Women are generally more sensitive than men to the harmful effects of alcohol, primarily due to their smaller body weight, lower capacity to metabolize alcohol, and higher proportion of body fat.[11] In a small number of individuals, prolonged, severe alcohol misuse ultimately leads to frank dementia.

Environmental factors and genetics are two factors affecting risk for alcoholism, with about half the risk attributed to each.[4] Someone with a parent or sibling with alcoholism is three to four times more likely to become an alcoholic themselves, but only a minority of them do.[4] Environmental factors include social, cultural and behavioral influences.[17] High stress levels and anxiety, as well as alcohol's inexpensive cost and easy accessibility, increase the risk.[4][7] People may continue to drink partly to prevent or improve symptoms of withdrawal.[4] After a person stops drinking alcohol, they may experience a low level of withdrawal lasting for months.[4] Medically, alcoholism is considered both a physical and mental illness.[18][19] Questionnaires are usually used to detect possible alcoholism.[4][20] Further information is then collected to confirm the diagnosis.[4]

[emanuelmaldoileacont]

Watch this while drinking
Very interesting

[batman_]

I am glad I don't drink alochol at all. My friends laugh at me for not 'man' enough just because I don't drink and don't drive my motorcycle fast.
I value my life and my loved ones. If that's mean I am not 'man enough' then so be it.

[meykarangagara]

Alcoholism: Can be brought on by an arrange of many things as forms of pattern plays, sense of loss, relationship problems, infidelity, traumatise, loneliness, worrying, sadness (Greif) etc... Learning how to pace you to a moderate and steady flow that captures the state of mind, and say to it: I’ve had enough time to stand up straight and head home and all the way. Don’t drink and drive, and NO MATTER WHAT?

[JoyElectric]

The voice of this dork makes me want a drink

[Wrong-ce]

How do u know if your an alcholic because there's no alcholicism in my family.

[grengrenhuskey]

Gonna replace beer with tea for a couple months, let's see how that pans out!

[IllllIIIIllIlllIIl]

Am I an alcoholic if I don’t have fun drinking unless I’m like almost blacked out or blacked out?

[DrBarbequeSauce]

Maybe one day my siblings and I will have our lovely mother back, we don't like this loud, rude, stoopering drunk

[Frankie]

The correct term is alcohol use disorder.
Smokers don't get labelled as nicotineholic.
Or drug users as drugolic.
So why must drinkers have a label?

[Saga_Studios]

Soo me drinking 6 beers a day after work makes me an alcoholic??

[notyourfetish]

Anyone suffering from over consumption, binge drinking or alcoholism..ask your doctor to put you on naltrexone. There are adverse affects in rare cases, but it is a medicine you take that will make you sick if you use. Reprogram your poor and bad behavior. Good luck.

[ewkocwt]

Very Nice Information. thanks for sharing. also guys you can use Madatyahar Churna of planet Ayurveda for more better results

[meykarangagara]

Funny how' they won't like but remove it and use it for themselves and it seems to happen especially with me...God, knows why?

[junesilvermanb]

Apples, ripe apples, we'll pick from the trees,

But cider - no cider for us, if you please.

Grapes, purple grapes, for your eating and mine,

But we'll turn down our glasses where pours the red wine.

Barley, fresh barley, we'll welcome as bread,

But when made into beer it is poison instead.

We'll enjoy all the good things God maketh to grow,

When men change them to poisons, we'll bravely say, "No."

[Zx-lnlk]

The person talking on here, is smivvers off the Simmons

[DavidJohnson-krzv]

U don't need to take medication to stop you need Jesus n willpower n prayer. Society's always trying give a pill for every ordeal. Aunt cool

[scottyfrognsock]

An earthquake in Porirua and strong winds triggered a false alarm about midnight during a period of heightened volcanic unrest.

[avalonjustin]

At least you people aren't calling it AUD like the politically correct types. Alcoholism is very destructive, and very difficult to overcome.

[gregoriamoreno]

I fit all of that . Do I want to die. IDK talk to me?

[allaboutroofing]

Call it what you want to call it, your an Fing alcoholic. ‐ Xzibit