| cl | | | | characterized by general loss of intellectual abilities, and |
| Alcoholics are sick both in mind and in | | | | Wernicke-Korsakoff's syndrome, characterized by |
| bodyâ¦and successful alcohol treatment must | | | | such symptoms as loss of physical coordination, |
| heal them on both fronts. As insane as alcoholics can | | | | incoherence, and mental confusion, are frequently seen |
| be when in the grips of the disease of alcoholism, the | | | | in alcoholics. Hopefully, by focusing on the genetic and |
| alcoholic may really believe they can still have that first | | | | environmental determinants of alcoholism, an individual |
| drink the next morning, hoping to yield a different result, | | | | will be better able to take this alcohol addiction |
| maybe they believe they can stop after the first drink | | | | information and use it to avoid the unhealthy and |
| or two, maybe they believe they can continue drinking | | | | destructive realities of alcohol dependence. Sometimes |
| "normally" and not to excess that eventually leads to a | | | | the gains may seem very small, but with time and |
| blackout. Denial is a major obstacle to alcoholic | | | | effort, the recovering person will be a more |
| recovery. | | | | responsible adult even if he has other problems such |
| Two organic brain disorders, alcoholic dementia, | | | | as mental illness in addition to the addiction. |