Structure and functional aspects of the alcoholic anosognosia were studied by means of original and modified (D. V. Olshanskiy) Dembo-Roubinstein scales (50 chronic alcoholics were compared to a control group of 20 subjects). Alcoholic personality syndrome was revealed in the alcoholic subjects. Farmacological means were found to produce only temporary effects without touching in any way the system of subjective attitudes of patients which continued to determine their behavior.