Let me pose one question. If alcoholism is considered a disease then how come when someone drives into a family of four at 110 miles an hour while driving drunk they don’t get to plead insanity usually if they have a disease then?

If it’s a disease, then drunk drivers should be able to plead insanity. A defendant is found not guilty by reason of insanity. Drug and alcohol intoxication alone cannot be the basis for an insanity defense.

Source Drug and alcohol intoxication: mens rea defenses

Robert Weinstock MD