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.
Wow, I know there are a higher percentage of men than women that binge drink.  Both cases are sad.
I didn't know that men were more likely to be alcoholics. My friend's mom died of alcoholism. Her liver failed because she binge drank every night before she went to bed.
cancer risk in individuals. A 2014 World Health Organization report found that harmful alcohol consumption caused about 3.3 million deaths annually worldwide. Negative efforts are related to the amount consumed with no safe lower limit seen. Some nations have introduced alcohol packaging warning messages that inform consumers about alcohol and cancer, as well as foetal alcohol syndrome.
The median lethal dose of alcohol in test animals is a blood alcohol content of 0.45%. This is about six times the level of ordinary intoxication (0.08%), but vomiting or unconsciousness
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