Simak narrated that he heard 'Alqamah bin Wa'il narrate from his father, that he witnessed the Prophet (s.a.w) being asked by Suwaid bin Tariq -or Tariq bin Suwaid- about Khamr, and he forbade it. So he said:
We use it as a treatment. So the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W) said: It is certainly not a treatment, rather, it is a disease.