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Can you please discuss the main arguments to say that alcoholism is a disease?
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Many reasons: Lots of evidence of strong genetic component: those w/ genetic family history are much more likely to become alcoholic even if not raised around those relatives. Read kathleen whalen fitzgerald's 1988 book "alcoholism: the genetic inheritance." also, for the brain science about this, see the video "pleasure unwoven, " available from www.Instituteforaddictionstudy.Com or watch it on youtube.
Answered 2/10/2015
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