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Alcohol<\/a> is a generic term for many different chemical compounds; each with its own distinct properties. It is a clear, colourless liquid that comes from fermenting \u2014 or breaking down \u2014 natural substances such as fruit, corn, grain or sugarcane. The type of alcohol consumed by humans is ethyl alcohol<\/a> or ethanol<\/a>. Ethanol can have different colours, tastes, potency (strength) and flavours, depending on the fruits or vegetables used in its manufacture, the process of manufacture and the additives used. Beer, wine, liquor as well as medicines, colognes, cleaning solutions and even car fuel all contain ethanol.<\/p>\n

Alcohol use, as the term implies, is the consumption of alcohol. It does not indicate the amount used or the extent of harm from use. Alcohol use usually starts as a social phenomenon. Many communities consider the occasional use of alcohol, for recreational purposes or on social occasions, as \u2018normal\u2019 and \u2018acceptable\u2019. There is little awareness that even the occasional or social use of alcohol does carry a risk of road traffic injuries or industrial accidents. Intoxication from occasional use can lead to violence or socially inappropriate or embarrassing behaviour.<\/p>\n

Harmful use of alcohol<\/a> is when some people, usually after a period of prolonged use, develop a pattern of use which causes damage to an individual\u2019s health. Harmful use is not necessarily linked to drinking too much alcohol or drinking alcohol every day. Harmful drinking is usually related to the circumstances of drinking alcohol. Many patterns of consumption of alcohol can be considered as harmful use of alcohol, for example, drinking alcohol and driving \u2014 which can lead to road traffic injuries, \u201cbinge drinking\u201d (drinking too much alcohol at one time) sometimes indulged in by teenagers, pay-day drinking when a person drinks heavily on the day he gets his salary, or pregnant women drinking alcohol.<\/p>\n

Alcohol abuse<\/a>, also called \u201cproblem drinking\u201d, is a pattern of excessive drinking that results in adverse health and social consequences to the drinker, and often to those around the drinker. People with an alcohol abuse problem:<\/p>\n