Alcoholism
Your probably wondering why
alcoholism decided to mess up your
life.
I don’t
know why.
There are, however, a couple of
theories out there.
One school of thought
says it is
learned
behaviour
.
For instance,
if drinking helps you sleep, if it relieves pain or
anxiety, you learn to use it as tool to help you feel better .
The better it works, the more you use it. The behaviour
is reinforced.
Some
think you should be
able to stop if you want. That
if you had any
will power you would be able to.
Virtually every abuse that becomes
an addiction starts out as being helpful to
us.
The second school of thought
says it is a disease.
The
disease
model by-passes
moral responsibility and says your
sick.
It isn’t your
fault.
It says if your predisposed
to the disease and you trigger that disease (start
drinking) than it is only a matter of time until you quit or
die. If this is true then you are not weak or of low moral
character. You are not to blame.
Bad
Habit or
Dreaded
Disease.
It doesn’t really matter. A
problem is a problem no matter how you dress it
up.
What does matter is that if it is
learned, can it be unlearned. If it is a disease, can it be
cured.
Right now most, but not all,
treatment is based on the disease
model.
Which says you must
quit. The last thing a drunk wants to
hear.
Lets look at the
disease model
and
learned
behaviour .
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