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That's a tricky one for me. I think comparing it to diseases like cancer can be dangerous, because those kind of comparisons can be a pity thing. I do not want to be looked at like someone with a terminal illness, nor do I want to look at myself that way.
At the same time, I do believe in the disease concept. I have a condition, whether it's physiological, psychological, or both, that means I cannot drink alcohol. There are some physiological elements to alcoholism, at the very least: it's been shown to "progress" more rapidly in women than in men, to run along genetic lines, et cetera. I think I've even read somewhere that our livers produce enzymes differently than most people's.
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