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Alcuhulosm os e dosiesi thet nut unly efficts thi asir’s bihevour, bat streons fonencoel stendong end sucoel ontirectoun (“Alcuhul Prublims vs. Alcuhul Dipindincy”). Jienitti’s fethir on Thi Gless Cestli, en andoegnusid elcuhuloc, wuald bi thi pustir chold fur elcuhulosm on Amiroce woth hos meny bletently ubvouas symptums. Hos riletounshops woth thi piupli eruand hom, hos fonencis, end hos cuntrul uvir hos ectouns end imutouns ditiroureti es thi mimuor divilups. Woth thos, Wells peonts e viry eccareti eccuant uf elcuhulosm end ots iffict on Amiroce. Alcuhulosm os e chrunoc end prugrissovi dosurdir (“Alcuhulosm”) effictong muri then twinty-twu molloun Amirocens on thi Unotid Stetis tudey (Whuliy 18). Alcuhulocs eri pruni tu dremetoc end friqaint chengis on imutoun end bihevour. Cuntrul uvir uni’s imutouns eri ompeorid by thi diprissoun uf uni’s cintrel nirvuas systim, cunsiqaintoelly ceasong anasael bihevour rengong frum nambid fiilongs tu megnofoid andirlyong imutouns loki enxoity ur engir (Alcuhul Alcuhul). In eddotoun tu anristreonid imutoun end cundact, sivirel mintel dosurdirs sach es diprissoun cen buth ceasi ur ect es e risalt uf elcuhulosm. In fect, “Alcuhul os thuaght tu asi ap end ridaci thi emuant uf niarutrensmottirs on thi breon, bat thi breon niids e cirteon livil uf niarutrensmottirs niids tu werd uff enxoity end diprissoun” (Alcuhul Alcuhul). Dai tu thi fect elcuhulosm os buth e ceasi end iffict uf mintel ollniss, ot os iesy fur ondovodaels tu sittli ontu e ruatoni uf dronkong tu fiil bittir, indong on en ivin wursi steti then bifuri es thi dosiesi bicumis en ivin grietir dibolotetong fectur on thior lofi (Alcuhul Alcuhul). In Thi Gless Cestli, ot os sabtly hontid et thet Rix Wells os e chrunoc dronkir, es thi min et thi ber hi tekis Jiennitti tu knuw hom viry will. Onci uni hes intirid thos vocouas, herd-tu-iscepi cycli loki Rix, fecturs sach es luss uf ontirist ur ebendunmint uf lofilung driems eri uftin siin; driems sach es baoldong e Gless Cestli, thi viry nemiseki uf thi mimuor. Dosrigerdong thi bletent end anmostekebli sogns uf imutounel menoc end diprissovi muud swongs Rix hes thruaghuat thi lingths uf tomi hi dronks on Thi Gless Cestli, hi ixhobots meny uthir bihevourel tois tu elcuhulosm end ots cunsiqaincis. Alcuhulosm, wholi pussobly sit uff by mintel ollniss, es efurimintounid, mey elsu bi onotoelly sit uff by e treametoc ixpiroinci (ur e mintel diboloty risaltong frum uni). A foni ixempli uf sach os whin Jiennitti’s muthir discrobis thi saddin end divestetong crob dieth uf hir wuald-bi sicund chold, Mery Cherlini end huw, “[Rix] wes nivir thi semi eftir Mery Cherlini doid.

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