No.There are two different kinds of disabilities, physical and mental.
Physical disabilities are the loss or partial loss of a physical function in the body, such as:
Mental disabilities are mental issues that affect your way of living, such as:
Alcoholism isself-inflicted. Just like obesity. So it is not a disability.
The World Health Organization acknowledged alcoholism as a serious medical problem in 1951, and the American Medical Association declared alcoholism as a treatable illness in 1956. The World Health Organization acknowledged alcoholism as a serious medical problem in 1951, and the American Medical Association declared alcoholism as a treatable illness in 1956.
Alcoholism is a chronic illness, according to some. However, there is considerable debate as to whether or not alcoholism is a disease. Many physicians reject the disease theory of alcoholism.
Rather than a disability, alcoholism is viewed more as a disease. reference:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholic However you would want to review the insurance policy of the agent/company, i guess..
No, since increases in benefits are tied to the cost-of-living. Since there was no cost-of-living adjustment declared for 2010, there is no increase.
No herb cures alcoholism.
Alcoholism is not inheritable.
That is not a symptom of alcoholism.
In 1935 Harry Tiebout with the help of Dr. William Silkworth (a staunch supporter of AA) suggested that alcoholics had an allergy when it came to alcohol. In 1952, the AMA suggested that alcoholism was a disease, and in 1983, the National Council on Alcoholism (with the help of Marty Mann) suggested that this was no longer a concept, rather, they began to talk about the disease model.
There is no gene known to cause alcoholism.
The environment cannot CAUSE alcoholism.
There are really no accepted stages of alcoholism.
It does not use the term alcoholism.