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What is Alcoholism?

Alcoholism:
-Is the only disease contracted by an act of will.
-Is the only disease that is habit forming.
-Is the only disease that comes in a bottle.
-Is the only disease causing hundreds of thousands of family disruptions.
-Is the only disease promoting crime and brutality.
-Is the only disease contributing to hundreds of thousands of automobile accidents.
-Is the only disease playing a major part in over 50% of the more than 50,000 annual highway deaths.
-Is the only disease which is sold by license.
-Is the only disease that is bought in grocery stores, drug stores, and well-marked retail outlets.
-Is the only disease that is taxed by the government.
Is the only disease that is necessary for medical doctors to fellowship one with another.
-Is the only disease in which medical support for the disease outweighs any effort to prevent it.
-Is the only disease given as Christmas gifts.
-Is the only disease that has been "legalized" for sale on Sunday by our legislators.

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[ndrthrdr1]

I have Hepatitis C. That's a disease. I used to drink way too much for way too long. That's a behavior pattern, not a disease.