I would rather have had a mental illness than be an alcoholic.It was an argument I pushed in rehab. The nutter's certicicate I was hoping for would explain my behaviour, and I could carry on drinking.
Medical research shows that alcoholism as it presents in alcoholics of my type is a brain disease that can be seen on an MRI. This does not cover milder forms of AUD, only a small group at the severe end of the scale. Dr Silkworth had already formed this view way back in the 1930's. "The main problem centres in the mind" "And unless such a person can undergo a complete psychic change, there is very little hope for his recovery". Changing ideas seems to be the challenge.