The Five Types of Alcoholics

Dispelling the myth of the typical alcoholic, researchers have identified five subtypes of alcoholics from a study of 1,484 people who met diagnostic criteria for alcohol dependence. The surprising finding of the study is that young adults with no family history of alcoholism make up the largest group of alcoholics, while the chronic severe alcohoics are the smallest group. Read more...

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