to drink or not to drink is in the power of a human?

There’s the most vital question about the alcohol addiction. It has no definite answer so far. Also, it serves as a divarication that divides the possibility to overcome the addiction into two alternatives. The question is to what extend the choice to drink or not to drink is in the power of a human? The advocates of viewing alcoholism as a disease take craving as its basic category. In other words, there’s an irresistible power inside an addict that makes him or her drink despite his/her personal wish. The best way it’s shown by the first creed of Alcoholic Anonymous: "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable." On the other hand, there is no objective reason not to believe that there’s conscious alcohol self-poisoning, and the stories of some irresistible force can be considered as an attempt to justify such actions, the negative effects of which are condemned by others. Psychiatrists, as well as psychologists, can make their conclusions purely on the basis of the customer’s or patient’s story. Thus, recognizing an alcoholic as an ill individual is merely based on I believe or I don’t believe choice. There’s another problem, though. Supposing there’s the irresistible power, is everyone recognizing it under its influence?