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  2. Jack Dempsey - Wikipedia

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    Dempsey was born in Manassa, Colorado and grew up in Colorado, West Virginia, and Utah, in a poor family. His parents were Mary Celia (née Smoot) and Hiram Dempsey, and his ancestry included Scottish, Irish, Cherokee, and a Jewish paternal great-great-grandmother.

  3. Dempsey - Wikipedia

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    The O’Dempsey, Chief of Offaly, refused to attend. Strongbow together with his son-in-law De Quincy marched into the O'Dempsey territory to take land by force. In a famous battle the O'Dempsey together with his followers routed the Normans with great slaughter, an action that kept the Normans out of the Dempsey territories for over 300 years.

  4. Alcoholism - Wikipedia

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    The WHO calls alcoholism "a term of long-standing use and variable meaning", and use of the term was disfavored by a 1979 WHO expert committee. In professional and research contexts, the term alcoholism is not currently favored, but rather alcohol abuse , alcohol dependence , or alcohol use disorder are used.

  5. Addictive personality - Wikipedia

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    An addictive personality refers to a hypothesized set of personality traits that make an individual predisposed to developing addictions.This hypothesis states that there may be common personality traits observable in people suffering from addiction; however, the lack of a universally agreed upon definition has marked the research surrounding addictive personality.

  6. Patrick Dempsey Cast in ‘Dexter’ Prequel Series Alongside ...

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    Dempsey, 58, has joined the cast of Showtime’s Dexter prequel series, Original Sin, as a series regular. The actor will play Aaron Spencer, the Captain of the Miami Metro Homicide who has a.

  7. Substance dependence - Wikipedia

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    Substance dependence, also known as drug dependence, is a biopsychological situation whereby an individual's functionality is dependent on the necessitated re-consumption of a psychoactive substance because of an adaptive state that has developed within the individual from psychoactive substance consumption that results in the experience of withdrawal and that necessitates the re-consumption ...

  8. Addiction psychology - Wikipedia

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    The addicted party's desire to abstain from the addiction is often hampered by difficulties resisting the temptation. Some addicts experience what is considered a loss of control over individual actions, which can involve an "internal battle" between the fuel to the addiction and desire to abstain for regaining control.

  9. Addicted - Wikipedia

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    Addicted, a South Korean film . Possession, a U.S. remake of the South Korean film starring Sarah Michelle Gellar; Addicted, an American reality television series; Addicted, a film adaptation of the novel by Zane