Diseases of alcoholism include:

1) Alcoholic withdrawal delirium

2) Alcoholic dementia

3) Barrett's esophagus

4) Clinical depression and/or anxiety

5) Duodenitis

6) Esophagitis

7) Fatty liver

8) Gastritis

9) Hepatitis - alcoholic type. Heart triouble (e.g. alcoholic cardiomyopathy)

10) Instability of the gait - often seen as a wide-based gait

11) Jejunitis

12) K viamin deficiency

13) Liver disease - alcoholic type

14) Metabolic alterations, when drinking heavily

15) Nutritional deficiencies - as alcohol tends to replace nutritional calories, in the form of protein, especially

16) Ophalmoplegia - in withdrawal states

17) Platelet count deficiencies

18) Quandary = poor decision-making abilities, and poor impulse control

19) Renal (kidney) insufficiency

20) Sensory abnormalities - especially tingling in the toes of the feet

21) Tremors

22) Ulcers - of the stomach and small intestine

23) Vitamin deficiencies - especially B vitamins.

24) Wernicke's encephalopathy

25) X-chromosome linked heredity - from female ancestors, less likely

26) Y-chromosome linked heredity - from male relatives, more likely

27) Zipper troubles - disinhibition, but combined with decreased ability to perform

This is an example of an A to Z list, but goes to show how many problems result from alcoholism. And there are even more than those listed above!