Originally Posted by
Terminally Unique 
You specifically mentioned 'fault', Paddy, which is an attempt to lay the blame somewhere. What does "fault" have to do with it?
Maybe the idea that drinking is completely the choice of the drinker.
Originally Posted by
Terminally Unique Speaking for myself, I don't believe it absolves anyone. Perhaps on some other planet, but not here on Earth. If you believe that calling your addiction a disease will make things easier for you in society, however, you may be in for a surprise. They've done studies, and it turns out that it increases the stigma.
So does self-identifying as mentally ill, but that doesn't mean that people with mental illness don't have a disease.