(October 24, 2014 at 10:24 pm)Chas Wrote:loll as I very obviously admitted that medical professions obviously know more than me, I will ignore your childish, condescending attitude.(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 ... ?
And I will repeat that while I don't argue that many medical associations and professionals may consider addiction a disease (and others don't) the concept simply does not make sense to me.
With that being said I believe addiction is a serious issue that needs to be dealt with as seriously as possible.
Believe it or not as humans we don't have to agree with everything that 'society' or some organization says. You are allowed to be you're own person and have your own ideas. And if that means that not 100% of my ideas make sense, I'll live with it. It just doesn't make sense to me. And I'll leave it at that. Thanks.
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It is the air and light of every heart – builder of every home, kindler of every fire on every hearth. It was the first to dream of immortality. It fills the world with melody – for music is the voice of love.
Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to Joy, and makes royal kings and queens of common clay. It is the perfume of that wondrous flower, the heart, and without that sacred passion, that divine swoon, we are less than beasts; but with it, earth is heaven, and we are gods.” - Robert. G. Ingersoll
