Todays reading tells us that alcoholism is a disease. Not a 'respectable' disease with germs that we can accept but it is a disease. When we are able to accept it is a disease then we make progress. We dont repond to someone who is sick with frustration and rage so accepting alcoholism is a disease helps us have patience.

Before alanon, i thouht the idea of alcoholism as a disease was an excuse, i remember thinkjng no way, look at how hes out enjoying himself all the time, if he thinks its a disease he will do it all the more. Learning i didnt cause it, couldnt control or cure it allowed me to take another look at the alcoholics in my life. I can see the disease now. Ive learned about it enough and i can hear the disease speaking, 

i can see it in face and body, the discomfort, unhappiness, anxiousness, cant relax, complete lack of peace. I feel compassion now and happy that there is help for alcoholics whenever they are ready.

the reading suggests that with a changed attitude we can help the alcoholic in a constructive way. to me thats what alanon is all about, learning the constructive way to live.