It does not use the term Alcoholism.
It means that it is the fourth edition of the DSM.
It means that there is a lack of consensus regarding the actual causes of alcoholism.
there is no known classification for this, since it does not exist in the DSMIV
I heard it was the hospitality industry. I can say from experience that this is probably true.
There are a plethora of DSMIV substance abuse codes. It all depends upon the diagnosis. They are specific to the substance being abused, there is also one for polysubstance abuse when one substance does not qualify. Then there is also abuse versus dependence. So again, it all depends.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition, classifies it as a feeding and eating disorder of childhood.
No herb cures alcoholism.
Alcoholism is not inheritable.
That is not a symptom of alcoholism.
There is no gene known to cause alcoholism.
The environment cannot CAUSE alcoholism.
There are really no accepted stages of alcoholism.