How to Use alcohol use disorder in a Sentence

alcohol use disorder

noun
  • But some people with alcohol use disorder are very sick and pose a harm to themselves or others.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 14 Aug. 2023
  • There are effective treatments for alcohol use disorder, and no one should be ashamed to seek help.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 20 Nov. 2025
  • Binge drinking and heavy drinking can increase your risk of an alcohol use disorder.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 7 July 2024
  • Binge drinking and heavy drinking can increase your risk of an alcohol use disorder.
    — USA TODAY, 2 July 2023
  • Here's what to know about alcohol use disorder, treatment and how to recognize signs.
    — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Most of this research has focused on people with alcohol use disorder.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Over the past 74 years, only three drugs have been approved for alcohol use disorder.
    — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 19 Aug. 2025
  • More than 15% of young adults met the criteria for alcohol use disorder.
    — Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2024
  • People should also be aware that there is a condition called alcohol use disorder.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 20 Nov. 2025
  • Imagine someone with alcohol use disorder who has been sober for two weeks, Torrance says.
    — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The problem isn’t that people with alcohol use disorder show up in emergency rooms.
    — Jonathan Hunt-Glassman, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Fewer than 2% of people with alcohol use disorder receive any of them.
    — Ziyad Al-Aly, STAT, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Patients taking the drug with alcohol use disorder reported less urges to drink.
    — Arianna Johnson, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
  • But doctors are still learning how the drugs might affect, say, a person who is already thin and has alcohol use disorder.
    — Jon Hamilton, NPR, 10 Mar. 2026
  • By age, rates of alcohol use disorder remain highest in young adults ages 18 to 25.
    — Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2024
  • In some cases, it could also be used as a monitoring tool for someone who has alcohol use disorder.
    — Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The full impact of alcohol use disorder extends far beyond the ED.
    — Jonathan Hunt-Glassman, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Even those who haven’t struggled with alcohol use disorder can benefit from this type of reflection, Shah adds.
    — TIME, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Simmons and his team are tracking how people with alcohol use disorder respond to semaglutide through changes in their brain and behavior.
    — Stephanie Gosk, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2025
  • The prevalence of alcohol use disorder in the US is concerning.
    — Mill Etienne, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
  • This grouped gambling with alcohol use disorder and other addictions.
    — Alex Hogan, STAT, 10 Apr. 2026
  • In his lab, Schacht works with people diagnosed with alcohol use disorder and studies the effects of drugs available to help.
    — April Fulton, NPR, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Her team had previously linked semaglutide to a reduction in both alcohol use disorder and smoking.
    — Naomi Kresge, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The small clinical trial followed 48 adults with alcohol use disorder who were not seeking treatment over nine weeks.
    — Bruce Gil, Quartz, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Ravi Coutinho tried very hard to find treatment for his depression, anxiety and alcohol use disorder.
    — Max Blau, NPR, 22 Sep. 2024
  • Van Hollen challenged Patel to take an alcohol use disorder test if Van Hollen also took one.
    — Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
  • People with alcohol use disorder can have progressive brain changes that affect thinking and cognition.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
  • But medications for alcohol use disorder are less familiar to the public and used less frequently.
    — Joseph P. Schacht, The Conversation, 20 May 2024
  • How should a clinician handle a patient with alcohol use disorder who refuses treatment but is at high risk of internal bleeding?
    — David Talby, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Roughly 33% of adult Arkansans are currently showing signs of alcohol use disorder.
    — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2025

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