 Why does Price have a Cure for alcoholism?
One cannibal walking another with sleeping sickness doesn't cure anything. "You know, Henry, not all of our Cures are so—so—not all are like that. With that image over everything he sees and with that insidious voice drumming in his head night and day, do you mean to say that man's senses will only be impaired 23 per cent? Why, he'll turn violently schizophrenic sooner or later—and you know it. The only cure we have for that is still a strait jacket, a padded cell or one of those inhuman lobotomies." Many "Cures" were not readily apparent. The magnetic suction dart dropped away from Infield like a thing that had been alive and now was killed.
 Although he is not an alcoholic, he has a trauma-related aversion to drinking. The Cure is self-imposed.
 His alcoholism led him to destructive behavior in the past, including the death of his and Mrs. Price's only child.  Although he is not an alcoholic, Price wants to demonstrate his kinship with other people with Cures so that they are more likely to follow him.  Although he is not an alcoholic, he has a trauma-related aversion to drinking. The Cure is self-imposed.  He spends too much time at the Club drinking, despite Reggie's willingness to help him through the problem.