1. If it is a disease, it is the only disease that is contracted by an act of will.
2. It is the only disease that requires a license to propagate it.
3. It is the only disease that is bottled and sold.
4. It is the only disease that requires outlets to spread it.
5. It is the only disease that produces a revenue for the government.
6. It is the only disease that provokes crime.
7. It is the only disease that is habit-forming.
8. It is the only disease that is spread by advertising.
9. It is the only disease for which we are fined for contracting.
10. It is the only disease which brings death on the highways.
11. It is the only disease without a germ or virus cause, and for which there is no human corrective medicine.
12. And last, but not least, it is the only disease that bars the patient from heaven, for no drunkard shall inherit the kingdom of God (except there is repentance … 1 Corinthians 6:9-10).

E.L. Worthington