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RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction
October 24, 2014 at 10:24 pm
(October 24, 2014 at 10:18 pm)smithers Wrote: And while many medical organizations may call something a disease, is their opinion absolute truth?

Is being a bad driver a disease? What if bad driving habits are genetic? What if the anxiety that is related to bad driving is genetic? I am not a medical professional but regardless I can say that the disease model for addiction does not make sense to me. Beyond that I have no say because the medical professionals that have come to this conclusion know more than me.

But it makes more sense to me that addiction is a SYMPTOM of a much larger psychological and possibly physiological issue... but does that make it a disease??? I don't know, all I can say is it makes no sense to me.

Your medical training is ... ?

Your definition of a disease is ... ?
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Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction

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Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by AceBoogie - October 21, 2014 at 11:51 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by LastPoet - October 21, 2014 at 12:43 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Aractus - October 22, 2014 at 1:35 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by John V - October 21, 2014 at 2:00 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by AceBoogie - October 21, 2014 at 2:06 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by John V - October 21, 2014 at 7:47 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Jenny A - October 21, 2014 at 8:07 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by John V - October 27, 2014 at 7:45 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Aractus - October 27, 2014 at 8:55 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by John V - October 27, 2014 at 9:15 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Chas - October 27, 2014 at 9:21 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Jenny A - October 21, 2014 at 2:48 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Chas - October 21, 2014 at 3:43 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Jenny A - October 21, 2014 at 4:03 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Chas - October 21, 2014 at 4:15 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Jenny A - October 21, 2014 at 5:27 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by vorlon13 - October 21, 2014 at 2:21 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by AceBoogie - October 21, 2014 at 2:50 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by John V - October 21, 2014 at 7:58 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by AceBoogie - October 21, 2014 at 10:42 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by vorlon13 - October 21, 2014 at 4:55 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by vorlon13 - October 21, 2014 at 5:37 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by AceBoogie - October 21, 2014 at 5:41 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by vorlon13 - October 21, 2014 at 5:47 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by vorlon13 - October 21, 2014 at 7:54 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by vorlon13 - October 21, 2014 at 8:11 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by vorlon13 - October 21, 2014 at 11:08 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Dorian Gray - October 22, 2014 at 8:19 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Aractus - October 22, 2014 at 9:50 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Dorian Gray - October 22, 2014 at 11:29 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by AceBoogie - October 23, 2014 at 12:53 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Dorian Gray - October 23, 2014 at 1:28 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by John V - October 27, 2014 at 11:20 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Dorian Gray - October 27, 2014 at 7:38 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Aractus - October 23, 2014 at 4:17 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by AceBoogie - October 22, 2014 at 10:09 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Bad Wolf - October 23, 2014 at 8:00 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Aractus - October 23, 2014 at 8:02 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by AceBoogie - October 23, 2014 at 9:46 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Aractus - October 23, 2014 at 11:19 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Chas - October 23, 2014 at 11:22 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Aractus - October 23, 2014 at 7:44 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Chas - October 24, 2014 at 1:17 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Lao Shizi - October 23, 2014 at 11:24 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by AceBoogie - October 23, 2014 at 5:27 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Lao Shizi - October 23, 2014 at 8:35 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by vorlon13 - October 23, 2014 at 10:33 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Kowlzer - October 23, 2014 at 9:34 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by AceBoogie - October 23, 2014 at 9:53 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Aractus - October 24, 2014 at 12:15 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Bad Wolf - October 24, 2014 at 2:40 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Aractus - October 24, 2014 at 2:47 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by AceBoogie - October 24, 2014 at 10:18 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Chas - October 24, 2014 at 10:24 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by AceBoogie - October 25, 2014 at 1:43 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Chas - October 25, 2014 at 9:32 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Drich - October 25, 2014 at 12:13 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Aractus - October 25, 2014 at 2:08 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Drich - October 28, 2014 at 10:20 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Aractus - October 27, 2014 at 9:42 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by John V - October 27, 2014 at 10:12 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Aractus - October 27, 2014 at 6:30 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by John V - October 28, 2014 at 8:30 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by AceBoogie - October 27, 2014 at 10:30 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Aractus - October 28, 2014 at 1:40 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Aractus - October 28, 2014 at 10:07 pm
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by John V - October 29, 2014 at 8:02 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Aractus - October 29, 2014 at 8:56 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by John V - October 29, 2014 at 9:02 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by Aractus - October 29, 2014 at 10:19 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by John V - October 29, 2014 at 10:53 am
RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and Drug Addiction - by AceBoogie - November 4, 2014 at 10:17 pm

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