Kazan medical journalKazan medical journal0368-48142587-9359Eco-Vector7072310.17816/kazmj70723Research ArticleThe main directions of alcoholism preventionBolotovskyI. S.info@eco-vector.comKazan Institute for Advanced Medical Training151019866753853891605202116052021Copyright © 1986, Bolotovsky I.S.1986<p>The prevention of alcoholism must begin with eradicating the alcoholism that causes it, but alcoholics should not be identified with drunkards. Drunkenness is systematic, immoderate consumption of alcoholic beverages, moral and ethical promiscuity with a loss of control over one's behavior and actions with certain social consequences; alcoholism is a disease.</p>Kazan Medical archiveКазанский медицинский архив