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I've heard alcoholism described as an illness/disease. what is the difference?
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Semantics: An illness is a disease. What they mean is that research supports aa's belief that the cause is physiological, like diabetes although there is a psychological component and some learned patterns, an addiction is an illness. If you are addicted you cannot just drink socially now and then. To recover you need to abstain forever.
Answered 8/16/2013
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