1. WHO | Lexicon of alcohol and drug terms published by the World Health Organization
In statistics on alcohol production or consumption, absolute alcohol refers to the alcohol content (as 100% ethanol) '80s,of alcoholic beverages. Skid Row alcoholic, vagrant alcoholic, homeless alcoholic, chronic drunkenness offender ( see.
http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/terminology/who_lexicon/en/

2. Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome-Alcohol Alert No. 05-1989
The alcohol withdrawal syndrome is a cluster of symptoms observed in persons who stop drinking alcohol following continuous and heavy consumption. The implication is that repeated untreated withdrawals from alcohol have a cumulative effect and...
http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa05.htm

3. ASREC : Alcohol Facts to Share With Others
Alcoholism is not a "too much, too often disease" It is an "I can't stop without help disease" This means that one should not try to diagnose alcoholism by looking at a person's drinking behavior (although drinking a lot may be a red flag that...
http://www.utexas.edu/research/asrec/alcoholfacts.html