Alcoholism is a disease.
Being drunk is not.
Being drunk is not.
Well said.
While it's reasonable to call alcholism a disease, medically speaking, it's no legal excuse. The judge was absolutely right to reject that argument during sentencing.
Speaking from experience: go to an AA meeting and proclaim, "but I have a disease," as an excuse for broken marriages, lost jobs, failed businesses, and criminal convictions. You won't get alot of sympathy - and rightly so.
Awareness that "alcoholism is a disease" has it's place in recovery. But it has no place as an excuse for unreasonable behavior.
(Thanks for the ping, Rob.)
Well said.
Very well put.