Alcoholism originates in the mind and is a disease of the body.

An abnormal drinker is either a man/woman who habitually behaves in a asocial manner when under the influence of liquor, even though the time spent in this condition might be restricted to “reasonable” limits or one who, unlike his normal drinking friends, is unable or unwilling to face a return to reality. For these people a night’s sleep is only a particularly long interval of abstention. This type is the true alcoholic. Sometimes both these characteristics of abnormal drinking are present in the same person. If not, the missing one is apt to be latent.