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Alcohol | Alcoholism Should Not Be Treated as a Disease

Alcoholism was originally labeled a disease in order to convince alcohol abusers that they had a serious problem and should seek help, Edward A. Dreyfus asserts in the following viewpoint. However, he maintains, now the disease metaphor is being overused and wrongly applied to such behaviors as overeating, smoking, and drinking. Further, he argues that increasing numbers of alcoholics and others with compulsive disorders and substance abuse problems are beginning to think that they are sick and are seeking medical rather than the psychological help they need. Edward A. Dreyfus is a clinical...

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