#alcoolism

• Alcoholic — As an adjective: relating to, containing, or induced by alcohol. As a noun: a person suffering from alcoholism, exhibiting a chronic physical and psychological dependence on alcohol consumption, characterized by a loss of control over drinking and severe withdrawal episodes.
• Alcoholism — A pathological state and chronic disease caused by the repeated, abusive, and uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages. It manifests through profound physical and psychological dependence, severe metabolic disruptions, progressive degradation of personality, cognitive impairment, and damage to vital organs, particularly the liver and central nervous system.
• Alcoolism — The standard Romanian spelling for alcoholism; a pathological state and chronic disease caused by the repeated, abusive, and uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages. This condition manifests through profound physical and psychological dependence on ethanol, leading to metabolic alterations, progressive degradation of personality, and damage to vital organs, particularly the liver and nervous system.
• Alcoholism — An incorrect spelling variant or regional phonetic form of the noun 'alcoolism' (chronic dependence on alcohol). Although not accepted in current standard orthographic rules, it occasionally appears in colloquial transcriptions, and its usage is strictly discouraged in favor of the standardized medical form.
• Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune — A famous adage of French origin that literally translates as 'Bacchus drowned more men than Neptune'. Used as a moral warning, the aphorism employs a powerful mythological antithesis between the god of wine (Bacchus) and the god of the sea (Neptun) to emphasize that alcoholism and excessive drinking cause far more victims, ruined lives, and human tragedies than maritime disasters or natural shipwrecks.