is alcoholism a disease?if so why do drunks get such a hard time?

Answer 1

There sure are a lot of self righteous,immature and ignorant answers on here. It's not so black and white. There's lots of factors to consider. Most of you are just incapable of understanding. For various reasons. So I'm not going to take my time to explain. If you really want to learn. Open your heart, mind and a book. There's plenty of info. on it. If you've already make up your mind and think you are perfect. That you know everything. Then it's just a wast of time.

Answer 2

they say it is but i believe alcholism is hereditary in most cases ,but i believe if a person learns how to live with it and i mean starting at a young age and doesnt start drinking then i think they can deal with it better but a true alcholic has the tendency and will crave alcohol forever and cant help it it is just how you learn to deal with it just like drugs it is all a choice and i dont believe alcohol causes disease itself but it causes health problems down the road which causes disease but i have learned by knowing and loving alcholics in my life that they are not bad people a matter of fact some i have known have been the best people i have ever known it is a terrible addiction and the reason why drunks get such a hard time is because there is nothing illegal to get drunk it is what you do after you get drunk because it causes alot of problems in familys and it can kill people such as drunk driving alot of inocent people have been killed by drunk drivers and that is why society is so hard on them you know if i had a choice and i thought it worked for me i would party at least 3 days a week or more if i didnt think it would cause problems but i know by myself experiences it has so i chose not to do it i love my life and my family and friends too much i have made stupid choices also why i was drunk but today i might do it every now and then but i do not drive drunk at all so i hope i answered your question cc

Answer 3

Drunks and alcoholics get " a hard time" because it's an illness that is self inflicted, they chose to drink to the extent that they became alcoholic just as a drug addict chose to inject the first time or smoke that first time.
They knew the dangers but still did it.
Also addicts affect everyone around them from their own families to the innocent that cross their path when they are high or drunk.
Most people know of someone who could not get the medical treatment required due to lack of available healthcare or beds this is also due in some part to drug users, alcoholics etc overdosing or causing an accident by being high.
Thats why they're given such a hard time

Answer 4

Yes. Alcoholism is a chronic, often progressive disease with symptoms that include a strong need to drink despite negative consequences, such as serious job or health problems. Like many other diseases, it has a generally predictable course, has recognized symptoms, and is influenced by both genetic and environmental factors that are being increasingly well defined.

Two more research studies have emphasized the serious health effects of long-term heavy drinking, from an increased risk for having accidents to developing liver cancer.

Heavy drinking has long be associated with other liver problems, such as cirrhosis, and now a new Italian study links heavy drinking to the development of liver cancer.

Dr. Francesco Donato, a professor of epidemiology and public health at the University of Brescia in Italy, studied 464 Italian men and women diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common form of liver cancer, and 824 patients with no liver damage.

Donato's researchers found that drinking more than 60 grams of alcohol a day, equivalent to four to five glasses of wine, was associated with an elevated risk of developing liver cancer for both men and women.

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Answer 5

Alcoholism is a disease , you can never not be an alcoholic but you can be recovering because it is possible to relapse; it is a mental condition, however it can be controlled with resolve and a good support system...that's why people give alcoholics a hard time. My Father is an Alcoholic when i was younger he was sober for a good 16 years, then had a relapse, made some mistakes, but once he got out of a bad environment he started going to meetings again...and now owns a house (which he never did with my mom) and is doing great, alcoholics can function in society but it is a struggle for them every day not to go have that drink....it is a disease

Answer 6

I think it is a choice, not a disease. You make the choice to take a drink every time you do so. No one is making you do so, and yes you can be addicted to alcohol which will make the choice to NOT take a drink much harder, but it is still a choice. Many people succeed in their battle with alcohol by making that hard choice to not take that drink. By saying it is a disease you give the person a crutch to not make that choice, because it is now not something they can control, it is a disease.
Cancer is a disease, ALS is a disease, MS is a disease, heck chicken pox is a disease, these are things that people do not have a choice about getting, alcoholism is just a bad choice that someone makes.

Answer 7

It is classed as a mental illness so yes its counted as a disease. Drunks get such a hard time as the public think they should be able to stop any minute as it is a choice whether to drink or not.

Answer 8

Alcoholism is a mental, physical and spiritual disease. The true disease is from the soul, not the alcohol.
It is a mortal disease too, but you can have treatment, and the treatment helps the alcoholic to be an useful and happy person.
And the treatment is only at an Alcoholic Anonymous group, where there are hundreds of people that can help for free. I really works.

Answer 9

I would say alcoholism is a disease, although some people are more susceptible to it than others. I think drunks get a hard time because a drunks don't immediately realize they have a disease/problem. Who do you think would be given a harder time- a drunk or a drunk who acknowledges s/he has a problem and seeks help? Like any disease, you have to acknowledge you have a problem first and then be willing to fight it before getting better.

Answer 10

Alcoholism is not a disease, but an addiction.

The habit deepens with longer use,till the stage comes of total dependancy, and a drink is needed even to steady the first step on rising in the morning.

"Drunks" get the hard time as the habit is difficult to overcome, but the addicts should be given a bold initiative by friends/family to go to the de-addiction centres available all over the world.

An alternative is self-hypnosis, which please try at:

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Answer 11

Because the line between a drunk and an alcoholic is often a very wide one - in other words people often use the term alcoholism to get away with getting pissed and dropping out of society (which in itself can be a symptom of another disease - depression!). There are far more people out there that just get drunk cos they like it than people who are chemicaly addicted to acohol.
Sad but true