@article{ref1,
title="What happens to alcoholics",
journal="American journal of psychiatry",
year="1953",
author="Lemere, Frederick",
volume="109",
number="9",
pages="674-676",
abstract="1. Approximately 28% of all alcoholics will drink themselves to death, 7% will regain partial control of their drinking, 3% will be able to drink moderately again, and 29% will continue to have the problem of drinking throughout their lifetime. Twenty-two percent will stop drinking during a terminal illness and 11% So will quit drinking exclusive of a terminal illness. 2. Most alcoholics who quit drinking will probably do so on their own without outside help (7% of this series of 500 cases). Spiritual reconversion has been the biggest help to alcoholics who have become abstinent (3% of this series). In the past medical treatment has been of some, but not great, help (1% So of this series). 3. The average life expectancy of these 5oo alcoholics was 52 years. Many alcoholics quit for prolonged periods of time only to relapse at some later date. Keywords: Suicide<p />",
language="en",
issn="0002-953X",
doi="10.1176/ajp.109.9.674",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.9.674"
}