Alcohol Use Disorder: it's common language in health services in the UK. I believe the thinking is to avoid labelling (Alcoholism) and to address a wider range of issues than the term Alcoholism is used to convey I.e harmful patterns of drinking, Pyschological dependence without physical dependence etc
Problem drinking is riddled with euphemisms and polite turns of phrase...my uncle, a chronic alcoholic, would often talk about his 'Epilepsy'...I believe his doctor had given him this label because he was unwilling to discuss blackouts and withdrawal seizures as being in any way related to his alcohol consumption.
It is what it is
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