The Importance of the Terminology of Alcohol Use Disorders

One of the biggest reasons that alcohol and other drugges disorders are so difficult in our soc is the stigma associated with them. Can you talk about the importance of how we label somewhat and how we describe someone who has an alcohol us order, and getting away from that term alcoholic? Yes, definitelyd d. Thank you for raising the question of terminology. It's really so important. The term alcoholic is very pathologizing and stigmatizing. And i wish you could see me using airquotes around that term. Verses, what we really should be thinking about is some one who has had problems with alcohol. This is an individual who maybe has had difficulty in controlling their alcohol use