Overcoming Alcohol Addiction Is Not Easy, But It Can Be Done

Alcoholism is many things, but is not a disease. It's a cop-out to call it a disease. Pneumonia is a disease. Alcoholism is basically someone ingesting a beverage - it's not contagious, and neither is anyone force-feeding that person.

I can feel a bit of sympathy for an alcoholic, but not much more than for someone who chooses to eat toxic dirt from the gutter. If people have these big brains and are supposed to be THE superior species, then why is it so many are so addled, they can't even keep themselves from ingesting fermented sugars? What other animals do that? True, some birds intentionally intoxicate themselves with putrid berries, ....but come on, why are so many humans so weak minded? Is it the crutch of religion?

My message to alcoholics: Find out how to get some strength within your thinking processes. Love of science and nature does it for me, maybe it can also give you strength. If you need myths like religion, then try that, though deist thinking appears to cause more harm than good in this world.

Good luck. And don't run over my son when you're driving drunk, and don't beat my daughter when you're in a drunk rage. And while you're at it, quit running insurance rates up for the rest of us who aren't weak-minded. Thanks.