Recovery | Addiction – Genetic Disease?

Its not a matter of just taking responsibility for actions. I am sure you will agree that there is a moral obligation difference between disease and acts of volition.

Support your accusations by citing the author, article name, date, and volume from a peer reviewed medical journal.

I am sure you do not have one publicized on this topic – I looked it up.

Your “Argument from Authority” holds no water with me or my subscribers.

Nice blinders. People are more entitled to facts.

You have yet to quote any peer reviewed medical journal which publishes your claims. This they are nothing more than wild claims and you know it. I am not sure where you think you will get with this intellectual dishonesty.

“I was just asking you to re-check the research being done. ” And I am asking you to cite the research, but you have evaded the issue.

I never once said that these people did not need some level of help.

“Finally, you are quite mistaken on how “pre-existing conditions” work in the insurance world. Look it up. ”

Explain how you can have a “genetic” link and not have a pre-existing condition.

You can not have your cake and eat it too.

“that is why I work at a center that is making a difference to those afflicted with it.”

It is clear that you are a 12 step proponent. 12 step has a success ratio of 5% with and 5% without.

“I hope that you open your heart a bit.”
Special pleading? Why not look at the facts?

“These people can be helped and are worth helping. ”
Special pleading part II?? in an ill thought attempt to villianize me and make the statement that certain people are not worth saving. Not my statement – yours.

“There are many links that can be found by doing a simple internet search that back up what I have said above.” But yet you will provide no links or references. I was not the one making extraordinary claims thus the need for extraordinary evidence falls on you.

“Just google it.” I have and Google is not a peer reviewed medical journal. Please quote page, date, and issue of the publishing if you can.

“It is an ugly horrible disease,” Not listed as disease in the DSMIV – simply not a disease.

Argumentum Ad Lapidem

Also may I ad on your videos – Removes all dissenting comments?? Nice and so very typical, thanks for playing.

Again you are completely wrong. can you chose to have cancer? Thanks for your confirmation biases.

Care to show links to the studies or are you going to just make accusations? You are ignoring the plain fact that addiction is a long series of deliberate choices.

I think this is something that is passed on in someways socially. It is something that we see the people we want to be like do, so naturally we want to do it too.

The drink or use to escape is something that is learned. We learn all of our living skills from our family, not that they are to blame, but they do set examples.