Alcoholism - psychological and pharmacological aspects of therepy

Consideration of therapy in alcoholism at once raises a number of questions, for instance, is alcoholism a condition which lends itself to therapy? Is it in fact an illness? Is it a unitary condition, or does the term 'alcoholism' mask a number of different conditions? Should it be regarded as primarily a social disorder or is it a disorder of the individual? Where does therapy begin: through pressures from without or by an inner awakening? These and other questions spring to mind as we survey the ground around the problem of alcoholism, while each interrogative leads to a further one.