trig
I agree with you. I am a smoker and an "alcoholic". I have been drinking since I was 16 and am now 40. By this I mean that I drink every day, but generally not before 5 or 6pm. I am not often drunk, only two or three times a week. I get a bit tired of those who talk about alcoholism as a disease. I drink by choice, much as I smoke by choice. Smoking causes health probolems and so does drinking, but I am mature enough to make my own choices about that. When I am drunk, I am not offensive to anyone else. I have nover had a drink driving arrest, let alone a conviction and have no intention of getting one. Anyway, I'd be interested in other views.