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4. Currently, nearly 14 _______ Americans-1 in every 13 adults-abuse alcohol or are alcoholic
5. Man's best friend
6. Flying mammal
9. In 2010, alcohol misuse problems cost the United States 249.0 ______dollars.
11. If you have an alcoholic parent or grandparent, you are four times more at risk of developing alcoholism than individuals without this family history. Alcoholism has a _______ component
12. period of time
14. While gender may not be causative, twice as many ____ are alcohol dependent.
15. The need to drink greater amounts of alcohol in order to "get high."
17. name for someone addicted to alcohol
19. More than _____ percent of U.S. children live with a parent with alcohol problems, according to a 2012 study.

1. A strong need, or compulsion, to drink.
2. alcohol syndrome/Occurs in many children of mothers who drank heavily during pregnancy
3. Loss of _____.The inability to limit one's drinking on any given occasion.
7. Large marsupial
8. Globally, alcohol misuse is the ______ leading risk factor for premature death and disability.
9. drinking/the consumption of an excessive amount of alcohol in a
10. People don’t have one drink and suddenly become alcoholics. _________develops over time, leading to more severe health problems and loss of control.
13. Among underaged youth, alcohol is responsible for about 189,000 emergency-room visits and 4,300 deaths ________
16. Has a trunk
18. Likes to chase mice