i think that's pure bullshit, i think it's a quesiton of personality cause if it was a disease everyone who drunk would get it...what do u think? is it a disease or not?
2006-10-26 15:01:43 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
personality and also linked to responsibility for example drunk drivers
2006-10-26 15:02:49 · update #1
my dad is an alcoholic and so is my uncle, not related at all...so button before you open ur mouth know what U r talking about!
2006-10-26 15:10:06 · update #2
no, alcohol is definitely NOT a disease. anyone that says it is, is screwed up.
2006-10-26 15:04:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
There are psychical and mental diseases. Alcoholism and drug addiction are mental diseases. It falls into the category of obsession - compulsion disorder. Is O.C.B. classified as a disease? There is evidence of studies that has been going on for years that show it can be hereditary. Studies in the 90's show there is a gene that predisposes one to be a alcoholic, but they have a chose. Sometimes all it takes is a few times drinking to unleash the obsession, the compulsion to have a drink comes next. Over time that O.C. becomes stronger and they give up the ability to stop on their own. Some people do stop on their own, very few, most continue on the road where their lives are centered on getting and using more. They may cover it up with denial,that "I can handle it" or " I can stop when I want to", as they pour another drink. Some people feel they control their drinking by only having a few when they come home from work, but through out the day that's all they think about (obsession) the compulsion is when they come home from work "to unwind", and they may do this for years and never miss work and their life is not unmanageable, They are called functional alcoholics. Over time they will be taking "liquid lunches", just a few to hold them over, or it may be in their desk,locker or car. It is not a personality or weak will person as to why they drink. Look how many presidents, C.E.O.'s, famous people are alcoholics.?
2006-10-26 22:57:21 · answer #2 · answered by pilgram92003 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bill Wilson did not call it a "disease" in the Big Book, and at a conference for clergy in the 60s said he did not believe it was a disease is the strict sense of the word.
It became a disease mostly for medical and insurance reasons. Alcoholics were treated pretty poorly by hospital staff back when AA was getting started. And if the hospitals and doctors wanted to get paid for alcohol treatment, it was to their advantage to classify alcoholism as a disease.
Dr. E.M. Jellinek pushed the disease concept (It was later discovered that a large portion of Jellinek's credentials were non-existent: http://www.peele.net/lib/jellinek.html )
Marty Mann, often touted as the first woman to get sober in AA studied under Jellinek. She went on to form what eventually became the National Council on Alcoholism, using the Yale School of Alcohol Studies under Jellinek to establish scientific legitimacy for the disease concept. Her former occupation was in publicity.
2006-10-27 00:10:27 · answer #3 · answered by raysny 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
who knows.....those people lie and make promises constantly to get what they want........calling it a disease just comes across like another MANIPULATION. And if the disease was self-contained that would be one thing but it isn't....they hurt everyone in their life and those who think they haven't killed some one are kidding their selves. A bad driver can cause fatal accidents they don't even know about. Everyone I know, knows a drunk or two they tolerant them out of pity not because they are so funny or because they speak as though they are intellectuals, most people fear they will push an alcoholic over the edge and that is just what they want you to think. I know this because I was one.
2006-10-26 22:17:07 · answer #4 · answered by Dino 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It is compulsion and it has to do with the brain and how it is wired. So in a way it is a disease, but probably more accurately a condition. And no, not everyone who drinks is an alcoholic; only those with this compulsion do. Having seen two people close to me essentially die of alcoholism, I know what I am talking about. They can't stop it or they can only stop it temporarily. This compulsion was so strong for one of these people that he drank rubbing alcohol to get drunk. He poisoned himself.
For those of you who have never seen the debilitating effects of alcoholism and think it's essentially a failure on the part of the alcoholic, YOU have no idea what you're talking about. The people I have seen struggle with alcohol and those I have seen in AA who struggle with alcohol are not weak individuals; they're suffering from a compulsion (also called an addiction.)
Also, look at the many high powered people who have lost everything due to alcohol. Their compulsion must be extremely powerful for them to risk everything.
2006-10-26 22:10:35 · answer #5 · answered by Shelley 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
If you know nothing about a subject , why would you venture to make such a stupid statement .
It would be foolish to think this was a contagious disease , what are you going to do break out in booze bottles .
It is a disease because it is a matter of a chemical imbalance in the persons brain , and also a phyical addition.
I sure hope that this DISEASE never shows up in someone that you love .
2006-10-26 22:11:01 · answer #6 · answered by Geedebb 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
If alcoholism isn't a disease than that would mean I would have to tell my daughter that her dad just doesn't love her,can't hold a job & chooses to emotionally hurt her. I really hope it's a disease.
2006-10-26 22:08:18 · answer #7 · answered by gitsliveon24 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
it starts out as a personal choice, but quickly spirals into a disease. some people just can't handle alcohol in their systems and sets off a chain of events which lead to the disease process. others, don't.
2006-10-26 22:05:09 · answer #8 · answered by dipta37 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Unfortunately you are mistaken. Alcoholism runs in families. Not because of exposure, rather a genetic predisposition to become addicted.
2006-10-27 11:34:58 · answer #9 · answered by June smiles 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
That's wrong. My Dad died of complications involving alcohol. He tried many times to quit, but he was unsuccessful. Until you've lived with someone who has struggled with it, you shouldn't spout off your mouth.
2006-10-26 22:07:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋