21. Soccer great George Best, who has battled chronic alcoholism for decades, was undergoing a liver transplant Tuesday. 22. A coroner's report stated his death was a result of acute pancreatic bleeding caused by chronic alcoholism . 23. The eventual outcome of his study was the 1942 book, " Alcohol Addiction and Chronic Alcoholism ". 24. After hospitalization, Tsuji was diagnosed as having experienced a temporary psychosis probably resulting from his chronic alcoholism . 25. Chronic alcoholism can cause Laennec's cirrhosis.26. Battle became ill with what was eventually diagnosed as Addison's disease, and also increasingly suffered from chronic alcoholism . 27. Chronic alcoholism decreases the levels of IGF1, which suppresses the ability of GH to increase bone mineral density.28. J . J . Bedsore died in 2004 of multiple organ failure due to years of chronic alcoholism . 29. Newton suffered from chronic alcoholism and died in 1956, aged 50, following a custody of his aunt and uncle. 30. Soccer great George Best, who has battled chronic alcoholism for years, was undergoing a liver transplant Tuesday, his agent said.