Posted by ClearSkies on November 5, 2005, at 20:20:51
In reply to Re: This was a rhetorical question everyone, posted by alexandra_k on November 5, 2005, at 18:39:56
> But I don't see how considering it a 'disease' helps.
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> Actually, I don't care one way or the other.This is an issue I have with this thread. I read that you don't care one way or another, and I wonder, why did you even question whether addiction is a disease or not if you don't care? For the sake of argument and debate, I am guessing.
Personally, which is the only way I can really speak with any authority on this subject, considering addiction as a disease gives me the ammunition I need to conquer it. I can change my habits, my diet, my thinking, my environment (up to a point); and I understand that if I choose to revert, for any length of time, back to the behaviours I practised when I was in active addiction, that it will, undoubtedly, happen again.
Unfortunately, I have proven this, time and again. Each time my health has been at greater risk. I understand that this is a disease that will kill me if I don't treat it as an adversary.
Alexandra, I do not enjoy debate. I also choose not to censor what I can and cannot read on this site, for the sake of interest, compassion, and education. I think it may be wise for you to consider that your words here are read by all, and that what is perhaps intended as debate is not necessarily how it is interpreted.
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