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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A disease to me is something that you are afflicted with - 
Something that you cannot get rid of at all.

Cancer, diabetes, etc. are authentic diseases as one cannot escape them.

Alcoholism can be eradicated if someone makes the CHOICE to not walk into a 7-11 & physically make a purchase of anything that includes alcohol.

Since alcohol is synthetic -
How can a person be afflicted with a disease that consists of something not physiological but man made...??[/quote]I'm not sure you understand how diabetes works.  Diabetes is a disease.  A person can choose to follow the correct treatment protocol to manage it, eg, improving diet, taking insulin.  So a diabetic didn't choose to be a diabetic but he or she can choose to follow the correct treatment.  It's the same with alcoholism, which is an inherited genetic predisposition.  You can't choose to NOT be an alcoholic but you can choose the correct treatment.  I will never stop being an alcoholic but I can choose to not drink and to go to meetings.  Believe me, I would like to be able to have a drink now and then (rather than having had to abstain for the last 30 years) but I can't and that's part of the disease, which I inherited from my parents.[/quote]

Congrats on your sobriety.[/quote]

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