Chapter 2 - page 27
chronic, alcoholic
"The doctor said: "You have the mind of a chronic alcoholic."
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Big Book - There Is A Solution - page 27
In the sentence the word chronic functions as an adjective. The word alcoholic functions as noun. 2
A chronic alcoholic is a person with severe Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) (alcoholism), characterized by long-term, compulsive, and uncontrolled alcohol consumption despite severe health, social, or legal consequences. It involves physical dependence, tolerance, and high-risk behavior, requiring specialized treatment.3
Definitions from Webster's 1930 edition. 4
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Footnotes for page 27
1Quotes from the Big Book on listed on this page are from the public domain version, in the United States, of the 2nd edition of the book Alcoholics Anonymous. Accessible at 12step.org
2Sentence diagramming, to determine the word usage within the sentence, was performed by CoreNLP at corenlp.run.
3Wiktionary entry for Alcohol Use Disorder.
4Definitions used are from the Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language 1930 Edition. Access to this dictionary online is at Hathitrust.org