Alcoholism is a disease and addiction. They feel physical withdrawal so alcohol is a need to an alcoholic. It's sometimes hard to see that because alcoholism i

Alcoholism is a disease and addiction. They feel physical withdrawal so alcohol is a need to an alcoholic. It's sometimes hard to see that because alcoholism is a spectrum and people joke about being alcoholics. Dismissing alcohol as a vice is not unlike dismissing an autistic as overly sensitive.