What is the specific meaning of alcoholism?

The definition of alcoholism in medical field is to drink five or more bottles of beer at a time, or the alcohol content in blood reaches or exceeds 0.08. Because a lot of alcohol will kill brain nerve cells, in the long run, it will lead to memory loss. It may also cause liver diseases such as fatty liver and cirrhosis. In severe cases, liver transplantation is necessary to save lives.

Drinking is beyond the standard of moderate drinking or general social drinking. Heavy drinking is often judged by drinking more than a certain amount per day (for example, 3 standard cups per day) or drinking each time (for example, 5 standard cups per time, at least once a week). Same as: alcoholism See: excessive drinking; Standard cup. Alcoholism includes "alcohol abuse" and "alcohol dependence". Generally speaking, if a person drinks too much and can't control himself, which leads to obstacles or injuries in cognition, behavior, body, social function or interpersonal relationship, and he knows it well and can't control it, he will reach the degree of "alcoholism". If it becomes more and more serious, and drinking is more important than anything else, you must spend a lot of time or energy to drink or give up drinking, or you must drink to feel comfortable (psychological dependence), or you must increase your alcohol intake to achieve the expected effect (tolerance), otherwise you will have alcohol withdrawal syndrome and reach the degree of "alcohol dependence".