What Kind of a Disease is Alcoholism, the symptoms, how it progress and where it comes

Date Submitted: 07/18/2002 22:01:28
Category: / Social Sciences
Length: 4 pages (1147 words)
What Kind of a Disease is Alcoholism? "According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), about 17 million people - more than 10 percent of the adult population - drink too much or are unable to control their drinking"("Alcohol".) In addition, about 53 percent of men and women in the United States report that one or more of their close relatives have a drinking problem ("FQA - Alcohol"). The percentage increases as the alcoholics …
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