Do You Believe That Alcoholism Is a Disease or a Personal Weakness/failure?

Published June 13, 2013

Question by Mongo: Do you believe that alcoholism is a disease or a personal weakness/failure?
I ask this in “Politics” because one poster referred to ailing Sen. Ted Kennedy as a “typical alcoholic”. Geez!

Best answer:

Answer by Dick Tater
Personal weakness.

Answer by Jeff Smoker
A personal weakness and after a certain point a physical and psychological addiction.

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