We are now producing alcoholics at the staggering rate of about 1,500 every day . . . Alcoholism affects both men and women, though women who drink are more susceptible to alcoholism than the male population that drinks.
Alcoholism can begin as a subtle shift from social drinking to a dependence on alcohol.
Often the alcoholic is unaware of his dependency or later when rationally one could not refute his alcoholism he adamantly denies the obvious. Alcoholism may also go unnoticed by one's friends at first. Some elderly alcoholics have successfully masked their addictions until their later years, at which time the effects of alcoholism may be confused with the onset of old age. Warning Signs Alcohol affects various individuals differently. One cannot know when he begins to practice social drinking that his body is especially susceptible to addiction to alcohol.