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Originally Posted by cherrylula
See there is the debate. So if I call myself an alcoholic of my own will, then I am pretty much giving up ever having self control? I don't know about that.
Then there is the whole hereditary genetic argument. That some people metabolize it differently, etc.
I've probably read too many books on the subject.  |
No it has little to do with giving up self control. It has to do with acceptance more than anything else. It's a disease, just like other mental illnesses/cancer/etc. We have no control over those diseases other than seeking treatment and putting them into remission.