freshstart57

Another Try at Zencat's Link

sugarbear1

Blaizze, just try staying stopped for many 24 hours in a row....

Missy7

I was raised to believe that alcoholism was a disease. I developed the idea that that opinion was designed to allow those around alcoholics to approach them with some kind of decency. To that effect, I think it is a disease.

If people metabolize alcohol differently, and some of those different people are classified, based on their response to alcohol, then it is a disease or at least a condition.

So I don't think the disease label is valid as a crutch for too long, but I do think there is something to it. We know there are familial traits associated with how alcohol affects us, so that has to be significant. It if's inherited, it's not a hobby, and it is certainly inherited--even if it's spread socially...

Terminally Unique

I once thought I had a disease that 'marked' me to drink and made me powerless to stop. Problem was, a part of me secretly loved my 'disease of relapse', as addiction is often called. The reason I loved it would not become clear to me until much later, however.

Lily

I have voiced my opinion on other forums, but I really don't think it matters anymore. disease, sin, it doesn't really matter, I just know I cannot do it.

1_day@_a_time

The American Medical Asssociation considers it one, that is why many insurance plans cover it.