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Addiction to Alcohol

In order to determine whether someone is dependent or addicted to alcohol, this person must fulfill certain conditions that have been determined by the World Health Organization (WHO), amongst others.

Listed below are conditions for alcohol addiction (you don't have to fulfill all of these conditions):

• Continue to use alcohol even if you know it is damaging for you.
• Damaging effects due to the use on the person itself and its surroundings (problems at work or school, arguments with the people around the addict, dedicate less time to hobbies, illnesses).
• Failed attempts to control the alcohol use.
• Psychological dependence (have a desire for alcohol, varying from very little to very much).
• Spend a great deal of time on the use of alcohol or on the recovery of its use.
• Tolerance (need more alcohol to still feel the effect).
• Use alcohol more frequently and in higher doses than planned.
• Use alcohol to reduce the withdrawal symptoms.
• Withdrawal symptoms (get all kinds of physical reactions after you stop).

Once an individual decides to get help at a drug rehab, the first thing that will be found out is the severity of the addiction. The EuropASI (Addiction Severity Index) is a test that is used by many institutions to determine the alcohol use and the other problems. You can also find many tests on the Internet.