Alcoholism Is Fatal

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The paper discusses if alcoholism should be classified as a disease. The paper relates that this question is currently being addressed by the Supreme Court with over 10.5 million adult alcoholics in the United States (Neal 59). The paper quotes the American Medical Association's opinion of alcoholism that it is a disease. The paper explains that alcoholism is a chronic, primary disease that is progressive and fatal causing preoccupation and adverse consequences leading to physical, mental, social problems and eventually death.

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"Alcoholism is a chronic, primary disease. "Primary refers to the nature of alcoholism as a disease entity in addition to and separate from other pathophysiologic states which may be associated with it. In simple terms, alcoholism is a disease of its own and not necessarily under different physical and mental disorders. However, some people such as the Veterans Administration describe alcoholism as "willful misconduct" (Neal 58)."

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