I think I'm with Ferd on this one, it is a disease, but across the board it is complex. There are those who have a genetic predisposition toward alcoholism. This is when you could say it's a disease.
However, every human being is effected by alcohol in a negative fashion. Seeking those negative effects is a sin. Getting behind the wheel of a car having 3 times the legal limit is criminal.
I almost lost my wife and children to a drunk several years ago. The drunk spent less time in jail than my wife spent in the hospital. If I had beaten my own family and caused those kinds of injuries I would deservedly get at least a decade behind bars. This guy staggers down the road and assaults my family and didn't even get a slap on the wrist.
A word of advice: if you are the victim of a drunk who has no insurance- sue your own insurance company. That whole affair cost us $1000's of dollars. All of the medical was paid okay- but we lost money on the settlement on the car and really had to scrape to get money to buy a new one. I mistakenly thought I would take the "high road" and not sue for damages. Dumb move.
The justice system in Canada is pretty crazy as well.
I pray none of us on the forum ever have need to use your advice.
I still don't agree that drunkeness is a disease.
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