according to transplant doctors drugs -alcohol-cigs are all self-inflicted not an illness I lost a brother due to alcohol and labeling it as a disease is a crutch for the abusers to fall back onto --the death cert. reads Self Inflicted Alcohol Abuse.We all tried to help but it was his choice to live his life as he wanted to. We all have choices some people don"t use these choices wisely.Shame on anyone who throws thier life away and takes others down a road not of thier own choosing.. :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: on charlie