Quote Originally Posted by David Vincent View Post
Eric, you have the sting of a full bee. Despite being an idiot I know a little about alcoholism. No one wakes up one morning and finds out they have alcoholism. As they slide into it they realise they are becoming alcoholics. They could choose not to drink for quite a time before they reach the stage where they need to drink every day but they choose not to stop. They often are dealing with other problems so they put their drinking problem on the back-burner. Even when they are full blown alcoholics they can choose to stop. It is not a disease like having measles where you can't choose not to have it.

The answer to your question is "yes the doctor has chosen to do so".
They have the power to say “I want to stop” but as for just simply choosing to stop? Not as basic as you make out.