Table 3 -.

Patient-centered Language for Alcohol Use Disorder and Alcohol-related Liver Disease

Stigmatizing Terminology	Preferred Terminology
Abuse	Use/Misuse
Alcoholism/alcohol abuse	Alcohol use disorder
Alcoholic	Person with alcohol use disorder
Alcoholic liver disease	Alcohol-related/associated liver disease
Alcoholic hepatitis	Alcohol-related/associated hepatitis
Alcoholic cirrhosis	Alcohol-related/associated cirrhosis
Clean	Testing negative/Being in remission or recovery
Dirty	Testing positive/Person actively using substances
Recidivism	Relapse (or return or recurrence) to alcohol use