Thanks for posting this jazz.
One of the first things that I thought of after reading this is that the recovery industry relies on perpetrating this "alcoholic mind" nonsense. It's big business...and it's predicated on trying to fix the 'underlying' symptoms and HOPING that will make the alcoholic stop drinking. It's totally backward.
I've been in meetings and I've heard people talk about the alcoholic mind and alcoholic behavior and I have never bought into it...even when I was still drinking and going to meetings I never bought it! (Meaning that even when I was a bit hazy I still had more sense than to believe that crud).
And I love that he says the alcoholic is just a human afflicted with human nature. Glad my theory has been acknowledged by someone with credentials!