It annoys me that many people refer to alcoholism as a disease, this model is upheld by alcoholics anonymous and implies that alcoholism can be contracted like a virus and is something that we have no control over. It’s convenient to call alcoholism a disease because then we can absolve our responsibility as addicts.

If we call alcoholism a disease then we are accepting that we cannot control our use of alcohol from the outset, are powerless over our alcohol consumption, are spiritually inadequate and need to surrender ourselves to a higher power and accept that we will have the disease for the rest of our lives.

This type of belief takes away your own personal power and strength and will keep you addicted.