Treating addiction as a disease has been the direct result of Alcoholics Anonymous influence over the addiction treatment and medical professions. It would seem obvious that treating alcoholism and drug addiction a spiritual diseases is about as effective as magic. Clearer still should be that treating this disease by sitting in a church basement, praying to God, and confessing all your sins makes you a Christian.
The Addiction Disease Mythology by Vincent V Triola
Sexy Drunk Christians: Chapter 3 Seeing the Light Part 29