He states, “The debate over whether alcoholism is a disease or simply a behavioral problem has continued for over 200 hundred years and doesn’t appear likely to end soon” (Is Alcoholism A Disease). Dr. Hanson studied Jellinek’s research based on the AA members questioner and asserted that even Jellinek later recognized the inadequacies of his hypothesis. (Is Alcoholism A Disease). As the reader can see, there is considerable disagreement as to the disease concept of alcoholism.