You will rely on alcohol to relieve you pain and stress.
Tolerance, Addiction, Dependence
Alcoholism is a dependence on and abuse of alcohol.
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Alcoholism & Alcohol dependence
Brain changes don't lead to alcoholism. Alcoholism can lead to brain changes.
Alcoholism & Alcohol dependence
Substance abuse and addiction is called dependence. When a person is addicted to drugs or alcohol, they develop a physical and/or psychological dependence.
No. The term alcohol dependence has replace the term alcoholism in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV) of the American Psychiatric Association.
Alcohol dependence is the term that DSM-IV uses to identify alcoholism (a term that it no longer uses).
The etiology of alcohol dependence is the subject of considerable professional and scientific debate.
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The "parts" of alcoholism are the same as those for addiction to any other drug. They include dependence, tolerance and withdrawal. Of course, there are many other "parts", because alcoholism is a very complex disease.