People wasting there lives i.e drug addicts ..alcoholics..scum bags etc..

Originally posted by kimish
I read only the first page of this thread and I came to this conclusion; This thread should get 404'ed like the other two big threads did today. The other threads touched some sensitive nerves with certain people as does this thread.

Addiction is a disease.

Just saying.

edit on 17-7-2012 by kimish because: (no reason given)

Addiction is a disease????....is it a mind control disease that forces you to (for the first time) find or acquire crack or alcohol and start on the journey to being the scumbag human being ?

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reply to post by EqualizerUK


Funny, please explain why AA and NA and all rehab centres teach addiction as being a disease?

You are so full of #.

reply to post by EqualizerUK


A disease is something that progressively gets worse. Drug addicts don't stay at for example "level 2" of addiction, they progressively get worse, hence drug addiction is a disease.

It starts with a few occasional uses than... BOOM. Now, it doesn't happen with everybody.
Op, I feel that you are young. Relax, try to look at things from a different perspective, open your mind a little bit. I know it can be hard at times not to be judgemental and sometimes I too am judgmental but there is only ONE whom is worthy of judging.

Originally posted by spyder550

Originally posted by EqualizerUKl

Originally posted by spyder550
I am a card carrying atheist -- but everytime I see someone I feel judgmental about I think ---

There but for the grace of god go I.

Im not perfect far from it but im not weak minded either we are defined by our choices...they make us who we are....

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Nope too simple. You are affected by you social environment, your looks, your handicaps, your access to money, and opportunity, your place on the bellshaped curve, teachers, opportunities or perception of opportunities, your accent, the melanin in you skin, Your choices and decisions are indeed important but they are influenced by oh so much.

My degree was in Psych - part of the undergraduate work was to spend time at the state hospital, back when we had "insane asylums" -- I never pursued Psychology but this did teach me how oh so very hard it is to navigate "life".

Its choices that make our future ....not what we have been through or had done to us!

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Originally posted by kimish
reply to post by EqualizerUK

 

A disease is something that progressively gets worse. Drug addicts don't stay at for example "level 2" of addiction, they progressively get worse, hence drug addiction is a disease.

Its not a disease...its a self inflicted addiction.

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reply to post by EqualizerUK


You're so arrogant you think you know more than the entire worlds medical community about addiction?

Jesus mate, reach for the sky why don't you.

reply to post by EqualizerUK


Sources? Where is your evidence?

Oh yeah, YOU HAVE NONE.

reply to post by Kryties


The OP is a lost cause
Narrow minded... self absorbed, etc.

OP, look up the definition of a disease. I am not an addict myself but i've been forced into out-patient rehab programs 3 times in my life! I had to sit through all that BS for pretty much no reason. I learned alot. Drug addiction progressively gets worse. Diseases progressively get worse. Connect 1 and 1 together.

Originally posted by EqualizerUK

Originally posted by kimish
reply to post by EqualizerUK

 

A disease is something that progressively gets worse. Drug addicts don't stay at for example "level 2" of addiction, they progressively get worse, hence drug addiction is a disease.

Its not a disease...its a self inflicted addiction.

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Self inflicted, yes. But that does not mean it's a disease. You seriously need to do a lot of research on how drugs effect the human mind and brain... if you can comprehend all the data that you'll come across.
....Drugs, with some people they grab ahold of them and don't ever let go. Just sayin.

Originally posted by kimish
reply to post by Kryties

 

The OP is a lost cause

Narrow minded... self absorbed, etc.

OP, look up the definition of a disease. I am not an addict myself but i've been forced into out-patient rehab programs 3 times in my life! I had to sit through all that BS for pretty much no reason. I learned alot. Drug addiction progressively gets worse. Diseases progressively get worse. Connect 1 and 1 together.

I disagree its a disease ...thats a cope out and makes out its not the individuals fault for taking drugs in the first place!!!

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to the person who started this thread, you do know that alcoholics, their bodies process alcohol differently than non alcoholics.....no way to know until people start drinking.... do yourself a favor and look it up on the net ...alcoholism is a disease.....stop being ignorant

reply to post by EqualizerUK


You can disagree all you like but it's you versus the expert analysis of the entire worlds medical community.

I know who I'm listening to (I'll give you a hint...it's not you).

Schools out for the summer, I forgot

Originally posted by kimish

Originally posted by EqualizerUK

Originally posted by kimish
reply to post by EqualizerUK

 

A disease is something that progressively gets worse. Drug addicts don't stay at for example "level 2" of addiction, they progressively get worse, hence drug addiction is a disease.

Its not a disease...its a self inflicted addiction.

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Self inflicted, yes. But that does not mean it's a disease. You seriously need to do a lot of research on how drugs effect the human mind and brain... if you can comprehend all the data that you'll come across.
....Drugs, with some people they grab ahold of them and don't ever let go. Just sayin.

Yeah self inflicted by weak minded people, i have no sympathy for drug addicts !!

I feel sorry for there families and the people they steal from in order to pay for there fix...dont you?

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Edited for apparently being off topic in a rant thread.

Originally posted by research100
to the person who started this thread, you do know that alcoholics, their bodies process alcohol differently than non alcoholics.....no way to know until people start drinking.... do yourself a favor and look it up on the net ...alcoholism is a disease.....stop being ignorant

Its not a disease....thats making excuses for the way they lead there lives!

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reply to post by EqualizerUK


One mand went into a bar next to a philosopher, he said "life is hard"...
The philosopher turned to look at him and said "compared to what?"...

Edited for apparently being off topic in a rant thread.

Originally posted by EqualizerUK

Originally posted by research100
to the person who started this thread, you do know that alcoholics, their bodies process alcohol differently than non alcoholics.....no way to know until people start drinking.... do yourself a favor and look it up on the net ...alcoholism is a disease.....stop being ignorant

Its not a disease....thats making excuses for the way they lead there lives!

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its starts of as an addiction, but it keeps going worse... I know a guy who died from stopping drinking, my stepdad is an alchohlic and gets insanely sick when he goes gold turkey.
It is an disease, atleast it shapes to.