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I really don't know about the whole disease theory. I think its a personality trait developed by obsessive behavior, mixed with the addictive properties of the drug/behavior of choice.
I decided one day to stop using opiates. I am no longer dependent on them, and am able to use them without abusing them. Do I have the disease? I heavily abused them for over a year and I enjoyed every moment of how they made me feel. One day I realized how it is effecting my life, and decided to stop. I started out with suboxone, but soon thought to myself "This is kicking the can down the road..." and stopped at 4mg. I was mentally strong enough to not have really any mental withdrawals.
I believe, as with all behaviors, that one must find a way to cope in order to overcome that behavior or personality trait. If addiction is a disease, then 100% of the world population are addicts (both recessive and active addicts).
I really don't know about the whole disease theory. I think its a personality trait developed by obsessive behavior, mixed with the addictive properties of the drug/behavior of choice.
I decided one day to stop using opiates. I am no longer dependent on them, and am able to use them without abusing them. Do I have the disease? I heavily abused them for over a year and I enjoyed every moment of how they made me feel. One day I realized how it is effecting my life, and decided to stop. I started out with suboxone, but soon thought to myself "This is kicking the can down the road..." and stopped at 4mg. I was mentally strong enough to not have really any mental withdrawals.
I believe, as with all behaviors, that one must find a way to cope in order to overcome that behavior or personality trait. If addiction is a disease, then 100% of the world population are addicts (both recessive and active addicts).