That day, at least in Samuel Shem and Janet Surrey's script, they talked for six hours and learned both were from Vermont, had read William James and considered alcoholism a physical disease.
The American Medical Association considers alcoholism as a disease and supports a classification that includes both physical and mental components.
When a rise in drunkenness first caused widespread concern in the late 18th century, most people considered alcoholism as a personal weakness or a moral failing.
Instead of considering alcoholism as a taboo to be dreaded, we willfully accept it as a part of our day-to-day life.
In general, problem drinking is considered alcoholism when the person continues to drink despite experiencing social or health problems caused by drinking.
Consider these popular scapegoats: Alcoholism, Hurricane Katrina, 9/11, Child Abuse, OxyContin, Sarbanes-Oxley, Osama Bin Laden, the BCS, and the Senior VP of Scapegoating.
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism considers more than 14 drinks a week excessive for men and more than seven drinks a week excessive for women.
He also has plenty of personal issues to consider, including his ongoing battle with alcoholism.
In professional and research contexts, the term "alcoholism" sometimes encompasses both alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence, and sometimes is considered equivalent to alcohol dependence.
Discussion We define that an hypophosphoremia appearing after refeeding is a refeeding hypophosphoremia, and we do not consider others etiologies, such as mechanical ventilation, alkalosis, sepsis, alcoholism, malabsorptive states, poor intake, some medication.
