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Alcohol Dependence Syndrome

• compulsive need to drink
• stereotyped pattern of drinking
• drinking takes primacy over other activities
• tolerance to alcohol altered
• repeated withdrawal symptoms 8-12 hours after stopping drinking
• relief drinking
• continuing drinking despite evidence of harm
• drinking again after period of abstinence leads to rapid relapse

Problem Drinker

• causes or experiences physical, psychological or social harm as a consequence of drinking alcohol