Alcoholism Recovery & Treatment

Question by Leslie: Do you think alcoholism is a disease or a character weakness?

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Answer by Curious Girl
Character weakness

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Question by punkey03: Do you believe that Alcoholism is a disease? Why or why not?
I am doing some research for my college class and I need opinions as to why you may think that alcoholism is a disease or why you may think that it is not! If anyone has any life experiences please feel free to elaborate and if you don’t feel comfortable doing so on here please feel free to email me I would love to have a real life story to go along with my research!

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Answer by NotSm@rt
One of the difficulties in recognizing alcoholism as a disease is it just plain doesn’t seem like one. It doesn’t look, sound, smell and it certainly doesn’t act like a disease. To make matters worse, generally it denies it exists and resists treatment.

Alcoholism has been recognized for many years by professional medical organizations as a primary, chronic, progressive and sometimes fatal disease. The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence offers a detailed and complete definition of alcoholism, but probably the most simple way to describe it is “a mental obsession that causes a physical compulsion to drink.”

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Question by Fatdude427: Is alcoholism a disease, or just a choice?
Or, could it be an amalgam of both?

What shall we declare as the criteria for something to qualify as a disease?

Wouldn’t you agree that we need to have standards that are generally acceptable in terms of what constitutes a disease, as opposed to a poor life choice?

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Answer by absteal
I can already see all conflicting answers on this one….

Is being a druggie a disease? I would think they would be in the same class whatever class that may be

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Question by tony: If alcoholism is a disease then why isn’t homosexality a disease?

James C

Alcoholism is said to be genetically predisposed just as you claim homosexuality is.

Thank you for supporting my point.

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Answer by aWellWisher
Alcohol affects organ systems.
Homosexuality practiced with safety precautions doesn’t do that.

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Question by mngirman: Do you think addiction/alcoholism is a moral deficiency or a disease?
comments are welcome. no hostility please.

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Answer by Johnny
It’s a disease causing moral deficiency.

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