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  2. World League Against Alcoholism - Wikipedia

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    The World League Against Alcoholism (WLAA) was organized by the Anti-Saloon League, whose goal became establishing prohibition not only in the United States but throughout the entire world. As ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment creating prohibition in the U.S. neared, Anti-Saloon leader Ernest Cherrington promoted the creation of the WLAA ...

  3. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism - Wikipedia

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    The mission of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism is to generate and disseminate fundamental knowledge about the effects of alcohol on health and well-being, and apply that knowledge to improve diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of alcohol-related problems, including alcohol use disorder, across the lifespan. [4]

  4. Alcoholics Anonymous - Wikipedia

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    Though AA usually avoids the term disease [citation needed], 1973 conference-approved literature said "we had the disease of alcoholism", [137] while Living Sober, published in 1975, contains several references to alcoholism as a disease, [138]: 23, 32, 40 including a chapter urging the reader to "Remember that alcoholism is an incurable ...

  5. Alcoholism - Wikipedia

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    In the 1910s and 1920s, the effects of alcohol misuse and chronic drunkenness boosted membership of the temperance movement and led to the prohibition of alcohol in many countries in North America and the Nordic countries, nationwide bans on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages that generally remained in ...

  6. Alcohol abuse - Wikipedia

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    Alcohol is the most recreationally used drug internationally, [64] throughout history it has played a variety of roles, from medicine to a mood enhancer. Alcoholism and alcohol abuse however have undergone rigorous examination as a disease which has pervasive physiological and biosocial implications.

  7. The Natural History of Alcoholism Revisited - Wikipedia

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    "The natural history of alcoholism". America 148 (June 11, 1983) pp462(2). Saunders, David N. (1984). The Natural History of Alcoholism: Causes, Patterns, and Paths to Recovery (book review). Social Work Jul/Aug 84, 29 Issue 4, p406-407. Teachout, Terry. (1984) The natural history of alcoholism; causes, patterns, and paths to recovery (book ...

  8. Alcohol and health - Wikipedia

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    Alcohol flush reaction is a condition in which an individual's face or body experiences flushes (appears red) or blotches as a result of an accumulation of acetaldehyde, a metabolic byproduct of the catabolic metabolism of alcohol. It is best known as a condition that is experienced by people of Asian descent.

  9. Category:Alcohol in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Alcohol in the United States" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.