Is drug use and abuse a disease or a conscience effort?
Question by What is your problem: Is drug use and abuse a disease or a conscience effort?
I was recently trained on the use, abuse, subsequent addicition of users on drugs. I was informed that Drug use is a disease. I stood alone and disagreed because no one can decide to go to a 12 step program and cure their cancer. Nor do they arrest people for having kidney failure. Just a thought.
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Answer by Nicole Sohma
the12 steps i find it ridiculous
i dont believe in it, yet my mom is in AA.
so i can’t say much. all i know is that it is pretty harsh.
i guess people do say it is a disease
and to cure it, either take AA or check into a clinic. even there they still recommend the 12 steps. they say it is the only way to go clean.
even then, the success rate of the best clinic here in the states is 17%. and that is only the people who make it one full year completely sober.
Answer by Bill C
I always love this question. It’s a word game really.
Drug USE is a conscience effort.
Drug ADDICTION is a disease.
Drug use leads to addiction.
To use the cancer scenario:
Cigarette smoking is a conscience effort, that leads to the disease cancer.
Break the word DISEASE down. Dis & Ease, meaning not at ease. Certainly addicts and alcoholics are diseased.
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