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To a large extent, alcoholism is by chance, accidental, and without any known cause.
by treebog 7y ago
To a large extent, alcoholism is by chance, accidental, and without any known cause.
- jacobolus 7y agoIn many (most?) cases, not becoming addicted to alcohol is a straightforward result of deliberate repeated choices not to consume much alcohol. There are also people who regularly binge drink and don’t become addicts per se... I guess you could call that both fortuitous and fortunate? Or we can go all out and deny any human agency or choice, in which case I guess everything becomes fortuitous. This makes the word not very useful though.