March 1979
A Disease of Opposites
What seemed to be the end was actually the beginning
THE CONCEPT of alcoholism as a disease was easy for my mind to grasp right from the beginning. As I listened to speakers, I patched together a list of common symptoms that pointed to a common illness. I heard this disease described as being threefold--mental, physical, and spiritual. It was also called a family disease and a disease of the emotions. But I have come to understand it best as a disease of opposites.
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