🏛️Overcoming Alcoholism Alcoholism—Not a failure of will, but the scream of a brain broken while trying to anesthetize reality’s pain. [Introduction]  Alcoholism. This issue is a time-honored talking point that has been discussed more than almost any other in human history. Warnings like “Alcohol is the problem” or “Drink in moderation” have become so cliché that they no longer resonate. Yet, the bitter paradox is that despite these countless warnings, the number of alcoholics worldwide never seems to decrease. Exactly what kind of severe anguish, what kind of psychological deficit, keeps driving modern individuals into this inescapable swamp? [A Psychiatric Perspective: Not a Failure of Will, but a Scream of…