Tell Me More About Alcohol Dependence.
4. Everyone gets drunk occasionally. How is Alcohol Dependency different? How does alcohol cause addiction?
Alcohol Dependence is a disorder characterized by a number of physical symptoms including addiction. It is the drinker’s overwhelming craving to consume alcohol, and inability to stop drinking, that defines the condition of dependency. Even though people who occasionally binge drink, like a college student, may get very intoxicated from time to time, if they do not have a craving for alcohol, or an inability to stop drinking, then they do not have Alcohol Dependence.
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