Do alcoholics have an addictive personality type'?

Do alcoholics have an addictive personality type'?

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In my experience I don't think I would say that was necessary the case. It's been worked on women with eating disorders with suggestions to links between bulimia and alcohol misuse--picking up from one to the other. I think you need to bear in mind that people become quite disinhibited when they're drunk and are more likely to be involved in risk taking behaviors and so that may then suggest they've moved from one thing to another. It may be the state of intoxication they're in and also to remember that alcohol, like heroine, is a depressant and is addictive.