David Cameron says alcoholism is a choice - I need to believe
that it was my genes telling me to drink
05 August 2008
Is alcoholism a chronic
disease or a moral defect? I hope it is a disease. I need to
believe that it is. Because if it isn't, I am a horrible
person. From the age of 19 to 27, whenever I drank - and I
couldn't stop drinking - I stole, lied, blacked out and punched
police officers. If it isn't a disease, then I chose to do it.
I decided to spend my 20s with my face down a drain.
Click on the link below to read more
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/22/drugsandalcohol.davidcameron
The Guardian, Tuesday 22 July 2008
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