Survey/poll: Do you think alcoholism is a disease?

Question

yes?

no?

Writing a paper... curious to see what the majority is?

personally i feel it is more of a mental addiction that can lead to disease like heart conditions.

Alchoholism does run in my family but like i said .. i feel its a choice... im choosing to not take after my family

Answer 1

No

Answer 2

I think it is an addiction. I think that the people who are alcoholics are trying to get the buzz that they used to get when they first started drinking. Like any other addiction, the more you do it, the more you need to get the buzz so the more you drink.

My mother is a binge drinker. She will be sober for months and months, but when she has a drink, she will continue to drink for weeks or months on end never getting sober. It is an illness but it is an addiction illness.

I don't drink for several reasons. I don't like the effects that it has and I was a bar tender in college. It didn't take me long to realize that when I would drink, I acted just like all the other drunks that I was serving and I chose not to do it again. I can count the number of times I have gotten drunk and am not proud of a single one of them. I choose not to drink but I have at least one brother who is an alcoholic.

Answer 3

It is disease! How well one can handle the disease depends upon the persons ability to control their addictive behavior. Some can fight it better than others and the amount of will power involved is what will determine the outcome. I believe alcoholism is every bit as dangerous as are illegal drugs. The pain and suffering they cause everyone involved with the inflicted is off the charts!!!

Answer 4

Yes

Answer 5

Yes

Answer 6

yes i think it is, it's actually been proven to be a disease too:


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. (See also Alcohol Alert No. 30: Diagnostic Criteria for Alcohol Abuse and Dependence.)

Answer 7

Yes. My Dad caught it around 30 and even though he's a successful physician with his own business and admired, he drinks himself into a stupor most nights. How can a man who has everything do that unless it's an illness he can't help?

My Grandfather was also an alcoholic until his liver finally gave out. My Aunt died of alcoholism. I used to drink heavily whenever I went to parties until I mixed Vodka, beer, wine coolers, wine, liquor and other "fun stuff" together and had a two day hangover.

I banged my head several times on a glass table, screamed at a guy that tried to help me into a chair and acted like a fu*king idiot all night before throwing up all over my friend and passing out. I haven't touched the stuff since.

Answer 8

Its not a disease : it's an addiction that will lead heavy drinkers to many possible diseases...

Alcohol use is very common in our society. Drinking alcohol has immediate effects that can increase the risk of many harmful health conditions. Excessive alcohol use, either in the form of heavy drinking (drinking more than two drinks per day on average for men or more than one drink per day on average for women), or binge drinking (drinking more than 4 drinks during a single occasion for men or more than 3 drinks during a single occasion for women), can lead to increased risk of health problems such as liver disease or unintentional injuries. According to national surveys, over half of the adult US population drank alcohol in the past 30 days. Approximately, 5% of the total population drank heavily while 15% of the population binge drank. Our national surveys previously defined binge drinking as more than 4 drinks for both men and women. In 2001, there were approximately 75,000 deaths attributable to excessive alcohol use. In fact, excessive alcohol use is the 3rd leading lifestyle-related cause of death for people in the United States each year.

Alcohol use poses additional problems for underage drinkers.

Answer 9

Yes

Answer 10

Choice which takes over as a disease

Answer 11

It's not a disease, it's an addiction.
That's like saying smoking cigarettes is a disease.
Complete nonsense.

It's comparable overweight people who are either genetically made that way, or they can't or won't do anything about it.

I myself am an alcoholic by choice, life is WAY more fun while drinking, and when I'm sober I don't enjoy it.