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  • Do you have a drinking problem?

    It is one thing to have the occasional drink to chill out with your friends. But it becomes a problem if you crave for it and cannot control your drinking.

    Alcohol addiction or alcoholism is defined as a strong need for an intoxicating liquid which includes beer, wine, and other hard liquors. If the person experiences withdrawal symptoms such as nausea, sweating, shakiness, or anxiety when he stops drinking or need to drink greater amounts of alcohol in order to feel a high, the person is most likely alcoholic.

    More young people are experiencing the consequences of drinking too much, at too early an age. Research shows that people tend to drink the heaviest in their late teens and early to mid-twenties.

    Young adults are especially likely to binge drink and to drink heavily.