“Whether I or anyone else accepted the concept of alcoholism as a disease didn't matter; what mattered was that when treated as a disease, those who suffered from it were most likely to recover.”

—  Craig Ferguson

Source: American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot

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