It is a disease. No one wakes up one day and says: "I think I'll be an alcoholic."
Yes, alcoholism can be a life-threatening disease.
This is a question about which there is much debate. For example, although the American Medical Association has declared alcoholism to be a disease, a large proportion of physicians in the U.S. reject the theory that it is a disease.
Alcoholism can increase the risk of certain diseases but it is not a disease, contrary to common myth.
There is, had has been, much controversy about the validity of the disease theory (or hypothesis) of alcoholism. A substantial proportion of physicians reject the disease concept of alcoholism.
Alcoholism is the disease.
There is debate about whether or not alcoholism is a disease. A large number of physicians reject the disease theory of alcoholism and medicine has proven to be ineffective in treating the behavior.
yes
No, although "alcoholism" ends in "-ism," it is not a religion. Rather, alcoholism is a disease marked by a person with uncontrollable use of alcohol.
Alcoholism and liver disease declined during prohibition.
It is a disease, not a moral issue.
Alcoholism, or alcohol addiction.
Both