Originally Posted by
Greenwood618 
When someone persists in drinking when they know that it makes them a menace to everyone they encounter; when it diverts family resources; when it leads to violence and incapacitation; when it robs spouses of companionship and employers of a fair deal:
It is immoral, a character defect, the ultimate selfish self indulgence.
But it can be fixed instantly with permanent abstinence.
Ascribing chronic drunkeness to illness rationalizes the act and removes the responsibility for the destructive behavior from the drunk, which is precisely where it belongs.
All in your opinion of course.
Moral arguments smell like 12-step shaming, and if I could have figured out how to stop the madness before causing (fortunately reversible) harm to friends and family, I would have. You suggesting I'm immoral just firms up my increasing belief that there is little significant difference between RR and AA - both seem populated by a great many zealots who don't really understand the nature of addiction.