TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1953//
TI  - What happens to alcoholics
JO  - American journal of psychiatry
A1  - Lemere, Frederick
SP  - 674
EP  - 676
VL  - 109
IS  - 9
N2  - 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 />
LA  - en
SN  - 0002-953X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.9.674
ID  - ref1
ER  -