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by TC Crumpton
Addiction is a harmful development or condition of the body or one of its parts that impairs normal functioning, and is typically manifested by distinguishing signs and symptoms...read more
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Addiction to alcohol or drugs is a disease. Many opponents of such a statement hold on to the idea that a drug or alcohol addiction, unlike other diseases, is a choice. Hist...read more
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by Kevin Flynn
My name is Kevin and I suffer from the disease of addiction. My low self esteem and my fear of living life on life's terms caused me to use drugs to change the way that I though...read more
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by Holle Abee
Addiction is a terrible disease. Because of an addict's body chemistry, he can't just have a drink now and then or use recreational drugs only at the occasional party. He "gets ...read more
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Addiction reflects behavior. Many will jump to the conscious choice to do something destructive as just that, a choice; therefore reaching the conclusion that it is not a disea...read more
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by Dawn Hawkins
Addiction to drugs and/or alcohol is a disease. This being said, it is also controllable and preventable. The only way these addictions can happen is if we begin to do them. It ...read more
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by AMERICAN MAN
~=BIOLOGICAL INFECTION=~ Read my mind, by the story I tell, you shall know my living hell and how it became of me an infectious desire to evolve, just by the little heaven cr...read more
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by GT
Addiction to alcohol or drugs is a disease. I should know; I've been there. Fortunately, I was able to kick the habit of the evening spree into drinking until I blacked out an...read more
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by Forest Grene
Addiction to drugs and alcohol is not life enhancing or fulfilling.People struggle longterm from the effects of this disease.It is a well researched fact that fifteen percent of...read more
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Addiction is 100% a disease. Quite frankly, it baffles me that anyone can even say otherwise. Look in any medical book, journal, etc., and you will undoubtedly find that addicti...read more
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by Rohnda Cox
I want to attempt to distinguish the differences between addiction and alcoholism. I don't feel that they should be classified as one and the same. Though the behaviors bear r...read more
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by C. Spencer
Although the abuse of alcohol and drugs typically stems from a choice the person made at some point in time, in cases where one has a compulsion to use the substance that is now...read more
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by Bill Whitney
I really feel that addiction to anything is somewhat of a disease. some of them are a lot more harmful to our health and family than others but an addiction is a disease. Alco...read more
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A disease, by definition, is "a condition or tendency regarded as abnormal and harmful", and by that definition, alcoholism and drug addiction certainly fall in to the category ...read more
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There are two types of people in this debate. Those who know what they are talking about and those who don't. Those who don't may certainly hold their opinions genuinely. But...read more
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This question holds a strong opinion for me. Unfortunately, drug and alcohol addiction have affected my life tremendously, especially in the form of personal experience. My answ...read more
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What's a disease anyway? My own interpretation of a disease is any abnormal condition that affects and harms the body of a living organism such as infection, nutritional deficie...read more
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by Doctor Light
It is very easy to get addicted to alcohol, the first stage of consuming alcohol is not considered a disease, just social behaviour, however depending on your circumstances and ...read more
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Absolutely. I spent most of my life knowing an alcoholic uncle, I saw first hand what alcoholism did to him and his family life. Believe me when I say that it is a horrible thin...read more
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by Peggy Gildon
The definition of disease as found in Webster's dictionary: 1.) Any disturbed or abnormal condition in the living organism. 2.) A specific ailment or illness. The disease o...read more
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I have to weigh in on this discussion because I have had the experience of counseling people with a variety of addictions. There are some major similarities to a variety of add...read more
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Addiction being a disease is a lazy way of thinking. Addiction to alcohol and/or drugs is not a disease. Addiction is a behavior. It is a behavior that can be modified, if no...read more
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Addiction is a choice. There may be many reasons and rationalizations as to why people become addicted to alcohol, drugs, or many other things, but if people are honest with th...read more
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by Toni Doswell
No, being a drug addict or an alcoholic does not mean you have a disease. What you have is a bad habit, that once begun, has continued and grown. I do agree that drugs and alc...read more
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Websters dictionary defines an addiction as a dependence on or committment to a habit, practice, or habit-forming substance to the extent that its cessation causes trauma. It...read more
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by Peta Cameron
The question posed needs to be addressed from different view points regarding one's experiences in life with substance abuse. My sister is a nurse and she would tell you yes it ...read more
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The problem of alcoholism may be more of a predisposition than a disease. In the book Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Coleman explores the differences in brain function between a...read more
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by Harleyangelbrat Marilyn Ramone
In my opinion and through an experience of my own, I say no. I became hooked on alcohol when I was about 17. I loved to drink and began drinking from morning until night. It ...read more
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by Soni Cido
Alcohol is not a disease. It is a temptation. I know, because I have been tempted. In all my 46 years I have been exposed to almost every kind of addiction and abuse; includi...read more
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While I currently don't have an addiction to drugs or alcohol, in my younger days many moons ago, I used to enjoy smoking marijuana for many years. I never had to buy it becaus...read more
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by Randy Scott
It's wonderful to live in a society where one can purge ones self of any and all responsibility. What a great life when you can simply shrug and "tada" no more responsibility fo...read more
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by Maxwell Cynn
It has become an accepted, and commonly held, belief that addiction to drugs and alcohol, or any number of other addictions, is a "disease". Addicts, and their families, are con...read more
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One makes a conscience decision to take drugs or drink alcohol. Because of this fact, it contradicts the very design of a disease. Diseases do not really care what you think or...read more
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by Joseph Malek
As a matter of fact, any and every person can become addicted to deadly, illegal and addictive drugs and booze. Millions of people are also addicted to tobacco. Yes, Dear Reader...read more
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by Xavier Grey
To imply that addiction in any of it's many forms is a disease serves as a crutch to many people who have the capacity for substance abuse. Whether it's in regard to alcoholism,...read more
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Addiction to alcohol or drugs is not a disease and in fact, considering them to be a disease can be harmful in the addicts stopping and staying stopped. I say this because it i...read more
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by Kim Sharpe
When I decided to enter this debate I actually wondered what side I should write on. I know that they say alcoholism and addiction is a disease. BUT I'm truly not sure that I...read more
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by Lee Gaylord
Drug Addiction Disease or Choice Cure or Change I was a drunk. I was not an alcoholic but a drunk. Alcohol was a crutch that I chose to drown my sorrows and to escape f...read more
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by Leon K
When people talk of their faults, worries, health and so forth they will tend to justify their every move as a human being would do. When a person tries substance, abuses the su...read more
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by E. V. SHAW
Some people say addiction is a disease but, it is not. After you have done drugs and alcohol for so long, you develop an allergy to them which affects different people differen...read more
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