Do you believe drug addiction is a disease or a choice?

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

choice < is tinkin a brain mak a tinkin
-to easy stuff unda word-
cue anime
_ooh_

anyway

tinku

 

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

the truth is probably somewhere in the middle

oooh postee tinkin
_vary kool_

keep goin

tinku

 

[HoodedRat]

Neither ... it's a gift.

 

[Rickrock]

I think drug use is a choice, but drug addiction is a disease.

I thought that DantheManFL hit it on the head until I read Willie Boy:

Drug use is a choice. Drug abuse is a choice. Addiction is a result. The body builds a dependence on the addictive item and requires more and more of it for a lesser effect. This is why so many people who are on pain meds end up addicted to it, they don't choose to become addicted, they simply choose to take their pain meds as prescribed by their doctor and end up addicted.

It is true that we all make choices in life, and yes we often suffer from the consequences of our own choices. BUT, we often suffer from the consequences of choices made by others, even complete strangers.

 

[peeonme]

I have often wondered about this, as was mentioned cigarettes are addictive, so is pornography. With cigarettes most begin the habit out of response to peer pressure, when I was a young teen it was almost expected that a boy would try smoking.
Pornography is about the same today, everyone has access to it and most teen boys use it.

Cigarettes become chemically addictive, porn becomes sexually addictive, as with most addictions more and more is required to obtain the same results.

When you move on to what we see as drug addiction I believe that in most cases the person that goes this route is seeking a solution to a pain in their life, they are willing to risk jail time to "feel good", so while it might be a choice to use, the need and desire for the substance is not a choice, it is a wounded individual seeking to self medicate.

The addiction is a symptom, the disease is what causes the adiction.

 

[swerve]

i think drug use is a choice, but drug addiction is a disease.

ding ding ding ding ding

right answer!!!

 

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

I think drug use is a choice, but drug addiction is a disease.

I thought that DantheManFL hit it on the head until I read Willie Boy:

Drug use is a choice. Drug abuse is a choice. Addiction is a result. The body builds a dependence on the addictive item and requires more and more of it for a lesser effect. This is why so many people who are on pain meds end up addicted to it, they don't choose to become addicted, they simply choose to take their pain meds as prescribed by their doctor and end up addicted.

It is true that we all make choices in life, and yes we often suffer from the consequences of our own choices. BUT, we often suffer from the consequences of choices made by others, even complete strangers.

10000 ape planet a weall?
_why nos a calls humans a weall apes?_

anyway got sumthin goin ins a stuff
_1 house point fa efforts_

tinku

 

[Georgiadude]

addiction is a disease. I didn't think it was until it affected me. I've had many surgeries and the opiates got me and got me good. I've never done an "illegal" drug in my life but I'm still an addict. addiction will make you do things you never thought you were capable of doing. I was a Dr. shopper. I had several physicians and none of them knew about the other. I would lie, fake like I hurt my back or had a migraine. at its worst I was taking 30 Percocet a day. all of the urgent cares and emergency rooms were on my list. it was a terrible life. addiction controlled every aspect of my life. I had lost all control. my life revolved around having enough pills to get me through the day and if I didn't have enough I had to get more. I can't begin to tell you how horrible withdrawal is. the pain was unbearable, sweating, vomiting, diarrhea omg. just the thought if it makes me feel ill. I went through treatment three times before I was able to get clean. it's been almost 10 years and I'm still tempted. I work a good program, attend meetings and work with a sponsor. I hope and pray I never relapse. addiction is a living hell that I hope none if you ever experience.

Steven

 

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

addiction a diease lot a hooey
_human apes < hint_

up ta 2016 human apes no deal wit
*sooooooo obvious*

wot world edcuartuds do alls day teach pick a nose?
Planet earth no happys

tinku

 

[Charon]

I think it's a choice.

 

[kallipolis]

addiction is a disease. I didn't think it was until it affected me. I've had many surgeries and the opiates got me and got me good. I've never done an "illegal" drug in my life but I'm still an addict. addiction will make you do things you never thought you were capable of doing. I was a Dr. shopper. I had several physicians and none of them knew about the other. I would lie, fake like I hurt my back or had a migraine. at its worst I was taking 30 Percocet a day. all of the urgent cares and emergency rooms were on my list. it was a terrible life. addiction controlled every aspect of my life. I had lost all control. my life revolved around having enough pills to get me through the day and if I didn't have enough I had to get more. I can't begin to tell you how horrible withdrawal is. the pain was unbearable, sweating, vomiting, diarrhea omg. just the thought if it makes me feel ill. I went through treatment three times before I was able to get clean. it's been almost 10 years and I'm still tempted. I work a good program, attend meetings and work with a sponsor. I hope and pray I never relapse. addiction is a living hell that I hope none if you ever experience.

Steven

Congratulations for your dedication is an example to others.

 

[Georgiadude]

thank you. I appreciate your kind words.

Steven

 

[rareboy]

Bingo. It takes an act to start.

And in the US, the over prescription of Oxycontin by Doctors, who were told that it was non-addictive for too long, has created a heroin epidemic.

So sometimes the act isn't really the moral lapse of the addict. It was just someone being 'helped' by the pharmaceutical industry.

 

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

And in the US, the over prescription of Oxycontin by Doctors, who were told that it was non-addictive for too long, has created a heroin epidemic.

So sometimes the act isn't really the moral lapse of the addict. It was just someone being 'helped' by the pharmaceutical industry.

ooh anoda 1 tinkin
!wile figa it out!
no forgats lot a stuff no up big sign attetion grab human apes sur betta deel ten attetion grabs
_ten again it a not a gurd fa big a money folkeess ans a career wots its ans so on etc-

tinku

folkeess weedin internet 2 stuff > tis post invisbull you is not alone ans a wombat tappin ya window

 

[TheLoveableLoner]

Addiction is a disease. It's a choice, however, to deny to yourself that you have a problem and refuse to get help.

Science has unquestionably shown qualities on a genetic that can boost the chances of addiction. You can actually test the brain patterns of children texting to candy and predict which will be more susceptible to instant gratification later in life.

 

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

Addiction is a disease. It's a choice, however, to deny to yourself that you have a problem and refuse to get help.

Science has unquestionably shown qualities on a genetic that can boost the chances of addiction. You can actually test the brain patterns of children texting to candy and predict which will be more susceptible to instant gratification later in life.

red herrin
_yea anoda way avoids a no deal wit human apes condtion_
yea anod watergate
!ooh!
or sumthang

ans science foolkees wanna deal wit wot is no chop up fit sum anal cheese wart
_yea ans planet still diein_

tinku

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! ans now weathur wot sunny here ans prettay flows here ans ooh wet here at a new !
ooooooooh at end a world ten?
! stay a tune fa latest up date !
oooh
* public a wonda *
yea ans top a furd chain

 

[peeonme]

And in the US, the over prescription of Oxycontin by Doctors, who were told that it was non-addictive for too long, has created a heroin epidemic.

So sometimes the act isn't really the moral lapse of the addict. It was just someone being 'helped' by the pharmaceutical industry.

When my wife had her surgery the doctors had prescribed Percocet and slow release morphine AS NEEDED, I had to go over the head of her nurse to get her to quit pumping it in to my wife, she was just about in a coma from it.

After 2 days of no dope she started to speak and move. It was not the Doctors intention to do this, I think it made the nurses day easier if a patient slept through it.

Many people get hooked on pain killers during a hospital stay, it's crazy.

 

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

When my wife had her surgery the doctors had prescribed Percocet and slow release morphine AS NEEDED, I had to go over the head of her nurse to get her to quit pumping it in to my wife, she was just about in a coma from it.

After 2 days of no dope she started to speak and move. It was not the Doctors intention to do this, I think it made the nurses day easier if a patient slept through it.

Many people get hooked on pain killers during a hospital stay, it's crazy.

yea at gurd exampull Y wot goin fa human apes 21st century allway ask Y ans check no
_matta wot bit papa slap ya face or pro or titull_

10 housepoints

tinku

 

[rareboy]

I would also point out that alcoholics aren't pre-diagnosed as alcoholics.

So for some people, you can have a beer or a glass of wine and then stop. For alcohol addiction, the physical reactions are such that the body cannot resist the cravings. Those who can stop after a glass or two of wine just can't understand that the next drink that an alcoholic takes isn't just a failure of character....it is chemistry. A non-alcoholic does not have the metabolic disorder that drives the alcoholic to consume the sugars that are present.

I think some of the strongest people I have known are alcoholics and addicts who have to deal with resisting the effects of chemistry that most other people never have to deal with.

So unless you are an addict, recovered or not, or you have dealt with addiction in your family, or have a medical degree with specialization in addiction...your opinions on whether it is a lifestyle choice or a disease aren't worth a bucket of warm spit.

 

[eastofeden]

I would also point out that alcoholics aren't pre-diagnosed as alcoholics.

So for some people, you can have a beer or a glass of wine and then stop. For alcohol addiction, the physical reactions are such that the body cannot resist the cravings. Those who can stop after a glass or two of wine just can't understand that the next drink that an alcoholic takes isn't just a failure of character....it is chemistry. A non-alcoholic does not have the metabolic disorder that drives the alcoholic to consume the sugars that are present.

I think some of the strongest people I have known are alcoholics and addicts who have to deal with resisting the effects of chemistry that most other people never have to deal with.

So unless you are an addict, recovered or not, or you have dealt with addiction in your family, or have a medical degree with specialization in addiction...your opinions on whether it is a lifestyle choice or a disease aren't worth a bucket of warm spit.

That is what I always think when I hear some of the "opinions" about my disease......