Sometimes people experience long-term depression or anxiety, insomnia, chronic pain, or personal or work stress that lead to the use of alcohol for relief, but often no extraordinary events have occurred that account for the drinking problem (p. 223, Torr 1974). ... The alcoholic then stands ready to do anything that will lift the merciless obsession from them (p. 24, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions 1953). ... Social stigma may also prevent accurate diagnosis by health professionals, especially in the early stages (p. 5, Blume 1998). ...

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