His drinking is not yet a symptom of the full - blown disease of alcoholism. (religion-online.org)
We found out that we had these feelings because we had the disease of alcoholism.») (firstthings.com)
The disease concept, according to Fingarette, has usually been thought to mean — that those afflicted with the disease of alcoholism inevitably progress to uncontrolled drinking because of the distinctive disability produced — loss of control, loss of choice in the matter of drinking. (religion-online.org)