Q&A: Why Is “alcoholism” Classified as an Illness? Don’t People Have a Choice to Drink or Not?

Published December 7, 2010

Question by Pirate: Why is “alcoholism” classified as an illness? Don’t people have a choice to drink or not?

Best answer:

Answer by Your Mom
that is what many people think. there are alot of things peopel classify as ‘illnesses’ today and that is one of them. It’s cuase people don’t want to put the blame on themselves and want to say it’s something else.

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