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| Addiction | A chronic, relapsing disease characterized by compulsive drug-seeking and abuse and by long lasting chemical changes in the brain. |
| Alcoholics Anonymous | A well known organized support program for alcoholics who want to stop drinking |
| Cerebral Cortex | The region of the brain responsible for cognitive functions including reasoning mood, and perception of stimuli |
| Cirrhosis | Scarring of the liver and liver dysfunction due to long term alcohol abuse |
| Craving | A strong need, or compulsion, to drink |
| Psychological dependence | a craving or compulsion for repeated use of a drug despite any adverse effects that may occur. |
| Physical dependence | The process that occurs when the body has adapted to the presence of a drug and reduces its own production of neurotransmitters. When drug users develop physical dependence, with withdrawal occur if use of the drugs is reduced or stopped abruptly |
| Relapse | To slip back into addiction |
| Tolerance | A process involving the body’s lessening response to a drug, making it necessary for users to take higher doses of the drug to achieve the same effects once reached with lower doses |
| Withdrawal | Symptoms of illness that occur when an addict discontinues use of a drug. Withdrawal from heroin and other opiates produces anxiety, uneasiness, yawning, tears, diarrhea, abdominal cramps, goose bumps, and runny nose. |
