What Makes Drinking a “disease”?

Question by John Wilson: What makes drinking a “disease”?
Why do people think drinking is a disease when it is a habit.

Best answer:

Answer by Jimmy Pete
When you get cirrhosis of the liver it is a disease!

Answer by jsbrads
the person becomes dependant and the person’s brain chemistry changes

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