Vagina Lover
Ex-Bluelighter
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Confusion comes out of whether addiction is regarded as a disease, choice, or self-medicating.
It depends on the person and the situations one finds themselves in
It certainly helps the addict in many cases, especially when crimes have been committed to feed a habit, that there is a focus upon calling hard drug addiction a disease, but, in the long run, this mostly doesn't help the person get clean by telling them they have a disease permanently, in my opinion
The disease model can be misused by addicts who claim that they have absolutely no power over themselves when they are in withdrawal, but I see it as behaviour and thought patterns being "diseased", and the addict having a condition which they can get rid of if they work hard enough and focus on staying away from their DOC
It depends on the person and the situations one finds themselves in
It certainly helps the addict in many cases, especially when crimes have been committed to feed a habit, that there is a focus upon calling hard drug addiction a disease, but, in the long run, this mostly doesn't help the person get clean by telling them they have a disease permanently, in my opinion
The disease model can be misused by addicts who claim that they have absolutely no power over themselves when they are in withdrawal, but I see it as behaviour and thought patterns being "diseased", and the addict having a condition which they can get rid of if they work hard enough and focus on staying away from their DOC