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I really take issue with this characterization. Please have some respect and humility: addiction is a serious matter, and this characterization of addicts as we

I really take issue with this characterization. Please have some respect and humility: addiction is a serious matter, and this characterization of addicts as weak-willed and immoral is inaccurate and misleading for anyone out there who is seeking a way out.

snurfer 7y ago
Who said anything about "addicts"? I was talking about drunks.
- sfkdjf9j3j 7y ago
  Modern medicine treats alcohol abuse and addiction as similar to other chemical dependencies. I don't know what to tell you. Your callous dismissal of the seriousness of alcohol dependency is an ideological position, not one based on reason or science.
  - snurfer 7y ago
    Excuse me, but I offer a rational alternative to the religion of Alcoholics Anonymous. Would you say AA is the bastion of reason and science?
    - jerf 7y ago
      No, you didn't. First you insulted, then you corrected someone, now you're trying to raise a flamewar smokescreen. Please just stop.
    - dang 7y ago
      Please stop doing flamewar on Hacker News. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html