[Nanka]

As somebody who suffers from addiction and is in recovery from drug addiction, yes I would say it is a disease.

Not everyone is born with cancer, but they can still get it from life experiences. When you suffer from a drug addiction, it completely takes over your mind, body, and soul. To chase that high that you can never get again is hard to deal with when you will never get better. Getting into recovery, now that is a different story. Once you find that hope, you made the decision to go back out again.