"D L" <
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> BTW, I know plenty about addiction, so spare me the condescension though I am amused at your
> judgement of what I know and what I don't know.
>
> If someone continues to suck on a pipe, or bump a few lines, or whatever......whether they have
> the will to recognize the problem when they're sober and act on it or not.....why should that
> person be placed in the "aww...poor guy...how sad" category?
I will repeat it again, just by your statements, you show your lack of knowledge on the subject,
addiction has absolutely nothing to do with "your will" or your "willpower". I never said he should
be placed in any category other than that of someone diagnosed (clinically) with depression and that
of someone addicted to smoking cocaine. Do you realize that most addicts while they are sucking on a
pipe, know at that moment that is is wrong and can't stop? I certainly did, and all of the willpower
that I could muster never got me to put that pipe down. You said you don't acknowledge what has been
medically proven that drug addiction and alcoholism are a "disease" of addiction. Then by all means
share with us your expertise and your studies on the subject and please show us where we can be
directed to your studies on the subject.
Dave