its a disease as my mom puts it it is a drug that poisions the person mind. some people can drink alchoal and be the same but sadly its not the case for everyoneAlcoholics will drink anything they can get their hands on that has a nice portion of alcohol in it; period. The one I live with has taken to drinking cough syrup when he can't get anything else, which is why we have to go out and buy it when we're sick because we don't keep it around anymore.