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I asked how you felt about alcoholism as a disease, because I'm not sure how I feel about it. Regarding myself, it doesn't much matter really, as I know alcohol is not a healthy choice for me, so I choose not to drink. Labels don't come into play.
I think of diseases as being physical in nature and my issue with alcohol was psychological in my opinion. There may be a physical component, but, at the very least, it was mostly mental. A habit. A habit born out of a desire to escape. Perhaps it would have become more physical the more I drank. Perhaps I was predisposed because of my personality towards substance abuse. Is there a physical component to that? I don't know.
Again, labels don't matter when I look at my own situation. Regardless of the cause, the solution is sobriety. In the end, that's all that matters.
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