Research and Education will:

• Remove the stigma associated with the common complex disease alcoholism
  
  
• Reveal genetic, other biological, and sociocultural origins of variations in individual responses to alcohol and the consequent risks and benefits of alcohol to health
  
  
• Develop effective prevention and treatments that address
  
  - the physical, behavioral, and social risks attributable to excessive and underage alcohol consumption; and
  - the chronic relapsing nature of alcoholism
  
  
• Improve the acceptance of, and access to, quality care