http://alcoholism.about.com/cs/info2/a/aa022697.htm "Alcoholism has been recognized for many years by professional medical organizations as a primary, chronic, progressive and sometimes fatal disease." Professional medical organisations > Isme call operator
That video of him on stage crying is pretty funny I like the part where he can't hold his microphone up best A disease.....hahahahaha good one.
Aye, 'tis a wise and intellectual forum until 15:30pm every week day. Or, populated by people with no legs who don't go outside
Possibly the worst username in history. JiffyBurns67, sounds like the facial skin injury Venom sustained dooking for turds in the bogs just after his mammy bleached the bowl.
Using the power of google images I have worked out his name please log in to view this image please log in to view this image please log in to view this image I think you're right, one of the ****est names on here. Tell that to Toblerone
You're quoting a blog on About.com as proof? That's nearly as ****ed as quoting Yahoo Answers to prove a point. You're so incredibly thick
Totally correct ML Alcoholism, or alcohol dependence, is the most severe form of alcohol abuse. It is a chronic disease characterized by the consumption of alcohol at a level that interferes with physical and mental health and with family and social responsibilities. An alcoholic will continue to drink despite serious health, family, or legal problems. That's a psychological definition. Why all the pedantry about it? In the wrong hands alcohol is a lethal weapon and is a blight on the West of Scotland. Regarding the actual post. While I feel sympathy for him he only played for the club for two and a half seasons. The Rangers legend bit never sat easy with me especially after his misogynistic behaviour. I would rather have a round of applause for Michael Mols- a genuine footballing genius who losses were not self-inflicted.
So in other words I've made you look like a dick and all you can do is come up with some feeble joke? MedroFail
The disease concept oozes into every crevice of our society perpetuating harmful misinformation that hurts the very people it was intended to help. Remarkably, the assumptions of a few were accepted as fact by the medical profession, devoid of any scientific study or supporting evidence. And soon after, the disease concept was accepted by the general public. With this said, visiting the history of the disease concept gives us all a better understanding of how and why all of this happened. The disease concept originated in the 1800s with a fellow by the name of Dr. Benjamin Rush. He believed those who drank too much alcohol were diseased and used the idea to promote his prohibitionist political platform. He also believed that dishonesty, political dissention and being of African-American descent were diseases. The "disease concept" was used throughout the late 1800s and early 1900s by prohibitionists and those involved in the Temperance Movement to further their political agenda. Prior to c.1891, the term alcoholic, referring to someone who drank too much alcohol, did not exist. Before that, alcohol was freely consumed, but drunkenness was not tolerated. Many sociologists contribute its non-existence to the very stigma that the disease concept removes. Drunkenness was not so much seen as the cause of deviant behavior-in particular crime and violence- as it was construed as a sign that an individual was willing to engage in such behavior." (H.G. Levine, "The Good Creature of God and the Demon Rum," in Alcohol and Disinhibitition, eds. R. Room and G. Collins.) During this period of time social ties and family played a much more influential role in an individual's life. Therefore, deviant behaviors were undesirable and less likely to occur. It was not until industrialization began, when the importance of social and family ties diminished, that alcoholism became a problem. We now live in a society that encourages binge drinking as a social norm, but at the same time, we live in a society that discourages it. http://www.baldwinresearch.com/alcoholism.cfm
