Original sentence: A 1995 Gallup Poll found that 90% of Americans currently believe that "alcoholism" is a disease.In contrast, physicians' views of alcoholism were reviewed at an August 1997 conference held by the International Doctors of Alcoholics Anonymous (IDAA).The American Hospital Association, the American Public Health Association, the National Association of Social Workers, and the American College of Physicians classify "alcoholism" as a disease.The American Psychiatric Association no longer recognizes the existence of "alcoholism" as a diagnostic category per se
Edited sentence: A form of "treatment" that is gaining popularity is one where the troubled person teaches himself the the urge to drink is a prompt from his midbrain to seek alcohol-induced endorphins.A recent 1995 Gallop Poll found that 90% of Americans currently believe that "alcoholism" is a disease.Although acceptance of the disease model is declining, the American Hospital Association, the American Public Health Association, the National Association of Social Workers, and the American College of Physicians classify "alcoholism" as a disease.An example of such a method is found in this description.In contrast, physicians’ views of alcoholism were reviewed at an August 1997 conference held by the International Doctors of Alcoholics Anonymous (IDAA).It must be borne in mind that the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence is an organization founded by AA member Marty Mann in order to promote AA's views of alcohol and alcoholism, rather than to further scientific research.The American Psychiatric Association no longer recognizes the existence of "alcoholism" as a diagnostic category.The American Psychiatric Association recognizes alcohol abuse disorder and alcohol dependence disorder as two separate substance related disorders.The idea that alcoholism is a disease is more in congruence with the beliefs of Alcoholics Anonymous than the consensus of the scientific community