By age 35, half of all people who qualified for active alcoholism or addiction diagnoses during their teens and 20s no longer do
And half don't. That's still a huge number, and they're not "simply growing out of it" two decades later. "Just wait a couple of decades, you might get better" is a crappy position to take.
And "chronic" means "recurring", not "permanent for the rest of your life". You can have a chronic problem that goes away after a while.
And half don't. That's still a huge number, and they're not "simply growing out of it" two decades later. "Just wait a couple of decades, you might get better" is a crappy position to take.
And "chronic" means "recurring", not "permanent for the rest of your life". You can have a chronic problem that goes away after a while.