#5571542 - 04/03/12 01:35 AM
Re: POLL: Is alcoholism a disease?
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This is all just semantics based on assigning some level of personal responsibility.
Alcoholism is an illness and it should be treated on an individual basis with whatever the hell works. I could care less what anyone classifies it as.
. I have to agree with RedRaven on this now. After reading every-one's input, I think of alcoholism more as a mental illness now than I do a "choice". And Flaming Gumline, I'll always know more about anything and everything than you do. I'm an American, you are British. All British are diseased. Gum Disease. I have great teeth.
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#5571774 - 04/03/12 08:48 AM
Re: POLL: Is alcoholism a disease?
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VintageComics
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There's a lot of great discussions in this thread but I generally have always been wary to call alcoholism a disease.
I have no problem calling it an addiction. I suppose it's the context in which it's being talked about that should be qualified.
For example, alcohol is not really the disease itself in my opinion but more a symptom of something deeper in the person that is causing them to drink.
Unhappiness, depression, chemical imbalance, a string of poor lifestyle choices culminated in all of the previous states, etc are all often remedied by drugs and alcohol.
So yes, I do feel that simply labelling alcohol abuse as a disease is oversimplifying the matter.
And yes, I have a lot of experience with the stuff.
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#5572304 - 04/03/12 12:57 PM
Re: POLL: Is alcoholism a disease?
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Comicopolis
Only 7000 posts in more than 7 years - that's just lazy.
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This is all just semantics based on assigning some level of personal responsibility.
Alcoholism is an illness and it should be treated on an individual basis with whatever the hell works. I could care less what anyone classifies it as.
. I have to agree with RedRaven on this now. After reading every-one's input, I think of alcoholism more as a mental illness now than I do a "choice". And Flaming Gumline, I'll always know more about anything and everything than you do. I'm an American, you are British. All British are diseased. Gum Disease. I have great teeth.
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#5572310 - 04/03/12 12:58 PM
Re: POLL: Is alcoholism a disease?
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Comicopolis
Only 7000 posts in more than 7 years - that's just lazy.
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I have to agree with RedRaven on this now. After reading every-one's input, I think of alcoholism more as a mental illness now than I do a "choice". And Flaming Gumline, I'll always know more about anything and everything than you do. I'm an American, you are British. All British are diseased. Gum Disease. I have great teeth.
Well, perhaps it's not complete agreement, perhaps its still just a semantic argument....but I just wanted to point this out to everyone and  Thing for doing what seldom gets done around here. Somebody actually took in what other people had to say, it affected how they view something and they changed their view somewhat. When you think about how rare this is on this board, that's pretty awesome. Probably the only time this is ever going to happen for me when it comes to Things' normally incessant postings  but here goes: 
Yes it took a few internet postings to teach an old bloke what most of us already knew.
Score one for the interwebs.
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#5575299 - 04/04/12 04:40 PM
Re: POLL: Is alcoholism a disease?
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Walkerfan
TOTAL NEWBIE, makes no sense and seems very paradoxical and counter-intuitive.
Is it a very lame attempt at sarcastic humor??
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Not a physical disease but a mental one----addiction.
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