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Alcoholic

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Updated September 04, 2008

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Definition: Someone who demonstrates a continuous or periodic impaired control over drinking; preoccupation with alcohol; and use of alcohol despite adverse consequences and distortions in thinking, most notably denial.
Also Known As: Chronic heavy drinker, dipsomaniac
Examples:
Although his life was falling apart due to his drinking, he would not admit that he was an alcoholic.

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