Why can certain users handle their drug use with responsibility while many can't?

[jasperkent]

Researchers discover group of genes that influence pain and brain communication can also influence alcohol use disorder risk

An estimated 16 million people in the United States have alcohol use disorders (AUDs), according to the National Institutes on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA).

medicine.iu.edu

 

[jasperkent]

How Genetics Plays a Role in Alcoholism

There is a growing body of scientific evidence that alcoholism has a genetic component. Learn about the risks of being a family member of someone who experienced alcoholism.

www.verywellmind.com

 

[Vastness]

Nobody wants or 'chooses' to be an addict. But you absolutely do choose each and every instance of substance use that takes you there. Unless anyone wants to propose that people literally put a bottle to their lips or stick a needle in their veins against their own will, which would be insane.

Well yeah of course, just like everyone who hasn't been kidnapped chooses it every time they get into a car. But my point was that to say that saying people "choose" to become addicts is about as dumb as saying someone chose to be in a car accident just because they chose to drive or just be inside a car. Addiction is a universally recognised negative outcome that is never intended, and people choose it about as often as they choose to stub a toe, trip over something, or to poke themselves in the eye.

 

[elgoucho9]

Probably most of this thread is down to personal circumstance.

Can i use sensibly when things are all going well and theres no stress or depression going on in my life. Sure yeah.

What is someone's just died. I've been made homeless. Or jobless. Etc. It all becomes much more difficult to remain sober and use sensibly then.