My dad died of cirrhosis at 46. I Have looked at this thing inside out. I don’t believe in the disease theory. I think if the drinker does not mature out of serious consumption problems by the time they are 30, internal wiring get’s so established for excess drinking that most only have the alternative of getting addicted to “abstinence” one way or another to permanently cope.Nothing wrong with it, but I don’t envy people who have to be addicted to abstinence or the proportions they often take this substitute addiction to. If the problem drinker can get out of any vicious cycles with alcohol as a young adult then chances to be a moderate drinker are easier. Of course the abstinence addicts claim that it means they are different than people who can correct to moderation,or that the other shoe will drop eventually, rather than acknowledging that that they avoided dealing with it for too long.
