Do you know anyone that suffers from alcoholism?
Yes, unfortunately I do.   I found out that alcholism was called alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence.  
That's horrible. My dad is an alcoholic and it really makes me hate alcohol.
It really changes them into another person.   I didn't know that binge drinking was considered alcohol abuse.  Is he a binge drinker or dependent?
He's dependent. He drinks beer throughout the day. He rarely binge drinks a lot at once. It's usually spread out throughout the day.
Epidemiology of binge drinking
Binge drinking is more common in men than it is in women. Among students in the US, approximately 50 percent of men and 39 percent of women binge drink.
Racial differences exist among binge drinking with Hispanics followed by white people having the highest level of binge drinking. Individuals of African descent have a lower level of binge drinking followed by those of Asian descent. In the case of Asians their low level of binge drinking may be due to the presence of the aldehyde dehydrogenase gene ("
in humorous and interesting conversation." Unfortunately, Dunnery's childhood was blighted by his parents' mutual alcoholism. He once described them as "binge drinkers, two weeks on and two months off... Once my Mam and Dad started drinking alcohol I never knew what was going to happen. Everything seems to happen fast. One minute it was paradise and the next minute it was sheer hell. It was horrific. ... Anyone who has lived under this nervousness will know exactly what I mean. I lived under this constant threat