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I feel like this is arguing semantics. Drug addiction is a problem that you can seek help for and should. There are physical components to it and psychological
by c3534l 11y ago
I feel like this is arguing semantics. Drug addiction is a problem that you can seek help for and should. There are physical components to it and psychological components. The author doesn't seem to be describing anything fundamentally different from how the addiction community already treats addiction. It's certainly not true that you can just snap out of an addictive cycle by choosing to not be a drug addict. But it's also not true that behavior isn't the primary think you need to treat in most cases.
- wahsd 11y agoI don't think you can so easily dismiss the differentiation based on semantics. You should be clear on the differences and the difference in approach to a solution each demand.
- c3534l 11y agoMost practitioners already tailor their treatment to what has been found to be beneficial to drug use and even the drug specifically. Heroin users can die if they go from heavy usage to no usage and prescriptions are needed. A user who drinks to forget, maybe infrequently, but intensely and who has no symptoms of physical dependence needs a different kind of therapy than someone with no history of dependence who has become hooked to percocets following a surgery. That is, people already recommend treatment based on what the problem is and whether or not it is technically a disease or if it's something different; it's a point that's contentious for many people, but I'm not sure how relevant it really is.