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Saw this on Facebook today. Harsh but true.
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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 714276" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>I agree with this completely. My best friend since kindergarten is an alcoholic. So is her brother. So was her father. In school and even later, she and I partied together. I went out with her all the time. I matched her drink for drink. I did not become an alcoholic. </p><p></p><p>My son has issues with at least pot. His biological father was an alcoholic. So was his grandfather.</p><p></p><p>Sure. It is their choice to drink or do drugs. I've often wondered why anyone would make the choice to drink when they knew they were predisposed to alcoholism. I've wondered why anyone would make the choice to use drugs when they know drugs are addictive...physically and psychologically. But then, I smoked for years knowing cigarettes were addictive. I quit. I quit several times. I was the kind of person who could go months without buying cigarettes, just bumming one now and then in a social situation. I enjoyed them, but I didn't crave them...so I thought I never would. Right now I've been smoke free for seven months. Typing this, I want a cigarette. So...am I addicted to cigarettes? Maybe. Is THAT addiction a disease? Maybe. But in my case it's like a cold vs. the heroin addicts cancer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 714276, member: 17309"] I agree with this completely. My best friend since kindergarten is an alcoholic. So is her brother. So was her father. In school and even later, she and I partied together. I went out with her all the time. I matched her drink for drink. I did not become an alcoholic. My son has issues with at least pot. His biological father was an alcoholic. So was his grandfather. Sure. It is their choice to drink or do drugs. I've often wondered why anyone would make the choice to drink when they knew they were predisposed to alcoholism. I've wondered why anyone would make the choice to use drugs when they know drugs are addictive...physically and psychologically. But then, I smoked for years knowing cigarettes were addictive. I quit. I quit several times. I was the kind of person who could go months without buying cigarettes, just bumming one now and then in a social situation. I enjoyed them, but I didn't crave them...so I thought I never would. Right now I've been smoke free for seven months. Typing this, I want a cigarette. So...am I addicted to cigarettes? Maybe. Is THAT addiction a disease? Maybe. But in my case it's like a cold vs. the heroin addicts cancer. [/QUOTE]
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