If Alcoholism Is a Disease

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1. It is the only disease that is contracted by an act of the will.
2. It is the only disease that requires a license to propagate it.
3. It is the only disease that is bottled and sold.
4. It is the only disease that requires more than half a million outlets to spread it.
5. It is the only disease that provides revenue for the government.
6. It is the only disease that provokes crime.
7. It is the only disease that is spread by advertising.
8. It is the only disease that is habit-forming.
9. It is the only disease without a germ or virus cause, and for which there is no corrective medicine.
10. It is the only disease that bars the patient from Heaven.

Now, do you believe alcoholism is a disease?