A physiological model certainly does provide a framework for understanding why I kept on drinking in spite of the consequences, and that does bring some level of comfort, at least at first, though not much in the long run. The problem with this "chronic, relapsing brain disease" nonsense, as they usually present it, is that they are trying to force a diagnosis on me which, in their opinion, I am too stupid to overcome on my own once made aware of it. Plus, unlike the uninitiated, I know perfectly well what "treatment" really means, and it has absolutely nothing to do with medicine.