酒滥用和酒依赖是当今世界严重的社会问题和医学问题,据统计,仅美国就有1300万人酗酒成瘾,而酒依赖及其相关性问题是仅次于心血管疾病、肿瘤,居于第三位的公共卫生问题。国内的统计表明,我国酒依赖的患病率为3.73％,全国约有酒依赖者4850万人,其中尤为青年男性工人、体力劳动者及某些少数民族地区为甚,值得注意的是,绝大多数酒依赖者未经任何治疗。 毫无疑问,正常饮酒与异常饮酒之间并没有明确的界限,绝大多数人是从社交性饮酒发展为酒依赖者,其 Alcohol abuse and dependence on alcohol are serious social and medical problems in today’s world. According to statistics, there are 13 million people who are addicted to alcoholism in the United States alone. The problem of alcohol dependence and its dependence is second only to cardiovascular disease, cancer, Three public health issues. Domestic statistics show that the prevalence of alcohol dependence in our country is 3.73%. There are about 48.5 million people who rely on alcohol dependence throughout the country, including young male workers, manual workers and some ethnic minority areas. It is worth noting that Most alcohol dependent people without any treatment. There is no doubt that there is no clear boundary between normal alcohol consumption and abnormal alcohol consumption. The overwhelming majority of people develop alcohol dependence from social alcohol consumption.