A vague, ambiguous term referring to people who have lost control over their drinking, and is therefore having a negative impact on their life, such as work, relationships, or health. Somewhere along the line, for the sake of political correctness and to completely liberate people from responsibility for their own actions, Alcoholics Anonymous and other such groups started referring to alcoholism as a "disease". They claim that you CAN'T bring your drinking under control, you have to SURRENDER TO A HIGHER POWER, and you have to STOP DRINKING FOREVER, because you have a DISEASE, and are not responsible for your actions, but are in fact a VICTIM.
Calling alcoholism a disease is not only false and harmful, it is also offensive. Cancer is a disease. AIDS is a disease. Lyme disease is a disease. Alcoholism is an addiction, and addictions are a pattern of behavior, NOT a disease. Alcoholism can LEAD to disease, such as cirrhosis of the liver, but isn't itself a disease. You CHOOSE to drink. You don't choose to get AIDS or Cancer.
By calling it a disease, you are throwing your hands up, and saying "I can't help it! I have a disease! I'm a VICTIM." By saying "Damn, I drink way too much. I'm the one putting the drinks into my body, and only I alone can cut down or stop", you are empowering yourself to take control of your life. The power to stop is in YOU, not an imaginary "higher power".
Calling alcoholism a disease is not only false and harmful, it is also offensive. Cancer is a disease. AIDS is a disease. Lyme disease is a disease. Alcoholism is an addiction, and addictions are a pattern of behavior, NOT a disease. Alcoholism can LEAD to disease, such as cirrhosis of the liver, but isn't itself a disease. You CHOOSE to drink. You don't choose to get AIDS or Cancer.
By calling it a disease, you are throwing your hands up, and saying "I can't help it! I have a disease! I'm a VICTIM." By saying "Damn, I drink way too much. I'm the one putting the drinks into my body, and only I alone can cut down or stop", you are empowering yourself to take control of your life. The power to stop is in YOU, not an imaginary "higher power".
"I know I don't need this next drink, but I can't help it! I have a disease! The disease of alcoholism! I'm gonna have several more drinks, because it's not my fault!"
by MACDAS January 11, 2008
Get the alcoholismmug. n. a college student
by ambercutie December 28, 2005
Get the Alcoholicmug. by floda reltil November 14, 2011
Get the Alcoholicmug. by wittyname January 24, 2010
Get the alcoholmug. You're really not an alcoholic, you just want to have fun as you slowly commit suicide and you haven't figured out why.
by bushmeatburrito June 10, 2016
Get the Alcoholicmug. A legal intoxicant. Alcohol is more or less yeast's piss, yet some people drink it like water. I really don't see why it deserves to be legal. If the gov't weren't making money from it then it certainly wouldn't be. Alcohol kills more people than all of the other illegal drugs combined, and that's not even including its indirect deaths. Many people, if not everyone, seem to think alcohol is harmless simply because it's legal and many people do it. It causes a considerable amount of damage to the brain and liver. Despite this, people who consume alcohol have told me marijuana will kill my brain cells. I always get a kick out of that.
Person A: LET'S GET WASTEDDD!!!!!!!!!!
Person B: No thank you, I'd much rather enjoy a blunt to the dome.
Person A: Fuckin pothead! You're frying your brain you know!!!!!!!!!
Person B: You do know alcohol has been proven to cause both brain and liver damage right? And that there is no conclusive evidence that marijuana harms the brain?
Person A: You stupid druggie....Um...You don't know what you're talking about!
Person B: Yeah, whatever. Have fun with your booze buddy. *Proceeds to light L*
Person B: No thank you, I'd much rather enjoy a blunt to the dome.
Person A: Fuckin pothead! You're frying your brain you know!!!!!!!!!
Person B: You do know alcohol has been proven to cause both brain and liver damage right? And that there is no conclusive evidence that marijuana harms the brain?
Person A: You stupid druggie....Um...You don't know what you're talking about!
Person B: Yeah, whatever. Have fun with your booze buddy. *Proceeds to light L*
by 234234234999 January 21, 2008
Get the alcoholmug. 