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When was alcoholism discovered?

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Alcohol dates back to 5400-5000 B.C. from the residue of wine on ancient pottery artifacts.

These archaeological findings were discovered in the northern Zagros Mountains located in modern day Iran.
Alcoholic Beverages have been used since prehistoric times -- at least 12,000 years. Alcohol itself was first distilled, by Muslim chemists, in the late 8th or early 9th Century. It is probably no coincidence that good Muslims do not drink, as the toxic effects of alcohol are carefully described in writings from that time.

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No one know for sure but it was apparently in the Middle East eight to ten thousand years ago.

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