Originally Posted by sailorjohn

Several interesting statements there, the most interesting being 'no one can diagnose this'


If that were true, you would have a fair number of folks here that wouldn't be posting, they would have died from dt's when they stopped drinking due the medical communitys inability to diagnose their alcoholism. While I am in agreement that in most cultures addiction issues are handled incorrectly, I have a hard time agreeing with blaket statements like 'horrify so many people'. I'm getting a strong vibe here that in your world the person most concerned with the stigma of your 'drinking problem' is you.

I am a grateful alcoholic. I have a disease, per the American Medical Association, British Medical Association, I could cite numerous sources here but why bother. While my disease may be incurable, it responds readily to a very simple treatment regimen, unlike diseases like diabetes, for example. If anyone out there has a problem with my status as a recovering alcoholic, that's really none of my business, and not my problem.