[Tea Party Terrorist]

I hate when they call alcoholism or drug addiction a “disease.”

[know.your.why]

I hate when they call alcoholism or drug addiction a “disease.”

Dont quit your day job to give out medical advice.

[Persevero]

Me too. Alcoholism and drug addiction cause all sorts of physical problems but that is not equivalent to getting pneumonia.

Pneumonia is a disease. Pancreatic cancer is a disease. Multiple Sclerosis is a disease. We have Lou Gehrig’s disease. There’s polio.

It’s insulting to act as though someone struggling with Huntington’s is no different than a junkie.

[Lizavetta]

I hate when they call alcoholism or drug addiction a “disease.”

As the mother of two type 1 diabetics, so do I. I'm convinced the psychiatric and rehab lobby were behind that magic redefinition. Follow the money.