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by ChrisDG on February 7th, 2007
Yes. I do however perfectly understand why others say it's not. the problem is that a large part of alcoholism is mentally - they can't *understand* how they can live without alcohol.
I've seen severe cases of alcoholism. It's far from pretty, and many (not all) do want to quit, but they cannot. Some may argue that anyone can if they really try hard enough, but that comes from an unenlightened position, without experience of it. I myself have admittedly never suffered from it either, I've only seen it second-hand.
To me, it has the same stigma that many mental diseases currently have. If there is no physical problem (e.g. cancer, appendicitis), people argue that it's not a disease. However, it prevents people from living their lives in a normal way, they have problems functioning, both mentally, physically, emotinally and socially.
To say it's not a disease because it is self-inflicted is wrong - is lung cancer after 20 years smoking therefore not a disease?
I've actually got to go and eat now, so my answer is incomplete, but comment and I'll edit. I'm prepared for the - s.
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