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Re: Non-12 Step

Posted by CleverGuy on November 1, 2005, at 20:14:43

In reply to Re: Non-12 Step » alexandra_k, posted by SLS on November 1, 2005, at 18:34:26

If everything I have read and know is true, then yes I certainly believe that there is a genetic factor in alcoholism, thereby making some people more susceptible than others. You must keep in mind, however, just because I have the hereditary tendency (or neurobiological make-up) to abuse alcohol, that does not mean I do not have a choice. It is not hereditary in the same way as cystic fibrosis. If you are unlucky enough to "inherit" CF, you have no choice about it. I can't see a 12 step program curing CF. Their insistence that alcoholism is a disease that you are powerless against is really spitting in the eye of real disease. IMO


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