alcoholism or an addiction to alcohol is often seen as a stereotyped non medical condition in our country what we do not know is that an addiction to this poison often goes out of control for a person who has a dependence on alcohol alcoholism or alcohol use disorder is in fact a medical condition that needs treatment drinking alcohol within a moderate quantity is absolutely fine in fact wine and beer have a lot of positive impacts on ones health but when drinking alcohol begins to impact ones life in a negative way it might be a symptom of alcoholismalcoholism is defined as an illness in which the sufferer experiences a strong need for alcohol a loss of control during limiting alcohol intake is developing a tolerance and needs more alcohol to get the same effect and if he tries to withdraw from drinking he sees withdrawal symptomsaccording to national institutes of health nih 1 in every 13 people in the united kingdom is an alcoholic in the usa 15 per cent have been proven to be problem drinkers 5 per cent to 10 per cent male drinkers and 3 per cent to 5 per cent female drinkers are alcohol dependentalcohol abuse will begin to start impacting ones life at work home social life and even his personal relationships besides this there are many other diseases that follow as byproducts of an indulgent drinking disorder such as cancer damage to the liver brain and other organsthe ideal way to combat alcoholism or to help anyone dealing with alcoholism is to destigmatize the condition and seek medical help the mindset towards alcohol abuse as one that can be wilfully controlled is not true it is as much a medical disorder as any other disease and needs to be treated likewisealcoholism causesa dependence on alcohol can be a result of various kinds of causes genetic psychological social and environmental the modern disease theory of alcoholism states that the problem can even be a result of a disease of the brain which is characterized by altered brain structure and functionsome people might be more affected by drinking alcohol than others show some studies a dependence on alcohol may develop over time and may change the normal functioning of the brain the affected person may begin to crave alcohol for feeling better or reducing negative feelingsfollowing factors might increase the risk of alcoholism1 continued and steady drinking over a long period of time2 family history when parents or close relatives have alcohol problems3 depression and other mental health problems4 friends or partner who drinks regularlyalcoholism symptomsalcoholism can be mild moderate or excessive the three conditions will exhibit symptoms accordingly the more and severe the symptoms the more critical the condition of alcoholism is signs and symptoms of this condition include1 inability to control alcohol intake2 inability to cut down on your intake despite several attempts3 wanting to cut down on how much you drink or making unsuccessful attempts to do so4 despite physical