Alcohol is everywhere. It is exceptable in most Western cultures to drink freely at home, in public, and even at work events. Most people partake in drinking without ever developing a problem. However, a number of people develop a dependency on alcohol and risk their lives, their livelihood, and the lives of others as they spiral into a deeper and deeper addiction to alcohol.

You do not have to drink in the morning to be an alcoholic. Even binge drinkers who only get drunk on the weekend can be alcoholics.

More money is spent marketing alcohol than any other product. Alcohol is the most widely used and abused psychoactive drug in the world.

It is critical to understand that alcoholism is a disease. Research has shown that the body reacts in predicatable ways to continued alcohol abuse and that it leads to physical addiction.

   Alcoholism is a disease — a chronic, progressive, fatal disease if not treated.