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<blockquote data-quote="Albatross" data-source="post: 714315" data-attributes="member: 17720"><p>Lordy, how many times have I imagined that therapy session!</p><p></p><p>I struggle with the disease model too. I wonder to what extent it deprives addicts and alcoholics of taking responsibility for their choices.</p><p></p><p>I have never felt the overwhelming desire to drink or pick up that an addict feels, and I can't comprehend the foundation that is laid for someone like ksm's child or Nancy's child, with so many cards stacked against them. Their entire worldview is warped, and escaping it is perhaps the only model they know. Their genetics dictates it as well. They are predisposed in so many ways.</p><p></p><p>It certainly isn't as simplistic as "weakness," like the video implies.</p><p></p><p>But I also think it discounts the addict's power to choose their own course when we simplify it by labeling it a "disease."</p><p></p><p>I liken it to a person with diabetes who knowingly and willingly lines up for the all-you-can-eat cake buffet, or the person who knows she is allergic to strawberries but eats them anyway.</p><p></p><p>The condition is there, but it is exacerbated by choice.</p><p></p><p>I do believe that the only time an alcoholic or addict has any control is BEFORE they pick up.</p><p></p><p>I can have a drink, or several, then say I've had enough, or say I may want another but I don't want to deal with the consequences tomorrow.</p><p></p><p>An alcoholic can't do that. Once they pick up, the reptile brain takes over.</p><p></p><p>That AA saying is so true..."One drink is too many, and 1,000 is not enough."</p><p></p><p>In that sense it is a disease. They are wired differently. They are not like me.</p><p></p><p>But I think the alcoholic or addict needs to acknowledge that characteristic, and accept what happens when they drink or use.</p><p></p><p>I feel very sad that an addict must go through their entire life hearing the siren's call to pick up again. Unless they find other ways to silence that call, they will fight it all of their lives.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Albatross, post: 714315, member: 17720"] Lordy, how many times have I imagined that therapy session! I struggle with the disease model too. I wonder to what extent it deprives addicts and alcoholics of taking responsibility for their choices. I have never felt the overwhelming desire to drink or pick up that an addict feels, and I can't comprehend the foundation that is laid for someone like ksm's child or Nancy's child, with so many cards stacked against them. Their entire worldview is warped, and escaping it is perhaps the only model they know. Their genetics dictates it as well. They are predisposed in so many ways. It certainly isn't as simplistic as "weakness," like the video implies. But I also think it discounts the addict's power to choose their own course when we simplify it by labeling it a "disease." I liken it to a person with diabetes who knowingly and willingly lines up for the all-you-can-eat cake buffet, or the person who knows she is allergic to strawberries but eats them anyway. The condition is there, but it is exacerbated by choice. I do believe that the only time an alcoholic or addict has any control is BEFORE they pick up. I can have a drink, or several, then say I've had enough, or say I may want another but I don't want to deal with the consequences tomorrow. An alcoholic can't do that. Once they pick up, the reptile brain takes over. That AA saying is so true..."One drink is too many, and 1,000 is not enough." In that sense it is a disease. They are wired differently. They are not like me. But I think the alcoholic or addict needs to acknowledge that characteristic, and accept what happens when they drink or use. I feel very sad that an addict must go through their entire life hearing the siren's call to pick up again. Unless they find other ways to silence that call, they will fight it all of their lives. [/QUOTE]
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