prejudicial, unconsciously motivated, ingenuine, and insane

biologically based, unconsciously motivated, aggressive, and difficult to change

selfish, habitual, and avoidable 

atypical, disturbing, maladaptive, and unjustifiable

sicknesses that need to be diagnosed and cured 

maladaptive responses to a troubling environment 

purely imaginary symptoms of distress 

learned habits that need to be extinguished

the distinction between neurotic and psychotic forms of alcoholism 

the similarities between alcoholism and personality disorders

the interactive influences of nature and nurture on maladaptive alcohol consumption 

that alcoholism is a lifestyle choice and show not be considered a psychological disorder

psychoanalytic perspective

cognitive perspective

medical perspective

behavioral perspective

distinguishing sanity from insanity

treating depression

 classifying psychological disorders

doing all of the above