The last few years of Omlie's life were spent in seclusion, living in a flophouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, fighting lung cancer and alcoholism.

The treatment for compulsive gambling is similar to the methods used to fight alcoholism, starting with an evaluation to determine the extent of the illness.

Franz Wright, who won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry this month, has fought manic depression, alcoholism and drug addiction.

Mr. Cornog has also had his share of personal difficulties fighting alcoholism and mental illness.

Teddy fought alcoholism and nearly died after being shot in a carjacking.

In the following four decades, the foundation contributed $13.5 million, and Mr. Smithers himself donated an additional $27.9 million, to programs to fight alcoholism.

In 1985, Gorbachev instituted alcohol reform, attempting to fight widespread alcoholism by increasing prices and reducing availability.

Originally, the party's goal was to promote cultural beer-drinking in English-style pubs instead of vodka and thus fight alcoholism.

"A self-defense group is autonomous and its mission is to fight fires, crime, drug addiction, prostitution, alcoholism, and abuse of women by their husbands."

He announced in the early 1980's that he was fighting alcoholism.