When people develop a drinking pattern, they become contentious. They argue for the sake of winning the argument even when they previously opposed the issue. This, more than anything else, leads to fights and oftentimes death. Some try to call alcoholism a disease. This diminishes the harm done by this loathsome practice.
Psychologists end psychiatrists say alcoholism is due to a character defect.
They stress that alcoholism is either a mental or physical disease. If these views are adopted, the responsibility does not fall on the alcoholic. Society wants to treat the symptoms, not the cause. You cannot have the one without the other. It occupies the prime space in magazines and newspapers, and uses radio and television to promote it.