why is alcoholism considered a disease?

Question: i mean if you really think about it.im not trying to offend anyone.im just curious as to why a disease,and being an alcoholic is the same.serious answers only

Answers:
But It Doesn't Act Like a Disease!
One of the difficulties in recognizing alcoholism as a disease is it just plain doesn't seem like one. It doesn't look, sound, smell and it certainly doesn't act like a disease. To make matters worse, generally it denies it exists and resists treatment.

Alcoholism has been recognized for many years by professional medical organizations as a primary, chronic, progressive and sometimes fatal disease. The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence offers a detailed and complete definition of alcoholism, but probably the most simple way to describe it is "a mental obsession that causes a physical compulsion to drink."
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/friends-family-alcoholics/30905-why-alcoholism-called-disease.html

I People who say it is not a disease,are in the bleachers...NOT on the playing field.

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it is a 'self diagnosed' desease.

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