Originally Posted by VikingMan

I'm not trying to rip on this guy at all just trying to be helpful. If you truly feel that calling alcoholism and drug addiction a "disease" actually helps you then more power to you however I tried that route and it never worked for me until I finally pulled my big boy pants up, found things to feed my soul (dog rescue/fostering) as well as just deciding to be a man and deal with the situation. Now I allow myself a single alcoholic drink from time to time and I truly enjoy it. There's nothing like an ice cold Coors light banquet while trout fishing at Moose Lake in Montana. This has been successful for me for 15 years and at this point I don't even crave alcohol anymore. My personal opinion is all of that talk about addiction being a disease is just enabling and is part of victim culture.