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To: Nifster
For the alcoholic they have a different issue...they process alcohol differently which makes them crave a drink

There are certainly some genetic precursors etc. involved. However, the OP is speaking to a deeper foundational issue. It is not clear where the genetic predisposition to handling alcohol poorly came from. It is very conceivable that eons ago, it arose out of serious RAD in some early humans.

In any case, that genetic predisposition does NOT develop into full blown alcoholism in the lives of all those with that genetic structure. Why?

For the addict they have a hard time detoxing

True. And, as the OP indicates, so do all those with a lack of affectionate loving bonding, CONNECTION early in life--regardless of the addiction--whether it be overwork, masturbation, OCD, hording cats, hording magazines, scratching or cutting one's skin, etc. etc. etc.

For both they suffer from incomprehensible demoralization. They are spiritually bankrupt. Until they can change this way of looking at the world they are doomed to die a miserable and lonely death.

That's part of what the OP was outlining. How does one change one's perspective when one's glued-in-existential contact-lenses--so to speak--are emphatically dark, bleak, isolated, painful, self-condemnatory, etc. etc. etc???

21 posted on 12/12/2017 3:47:11 PM PST by JockoManning (to cpy/paste if want: http://preview.tinyurl.com/Haiku-For-The-End-Times)
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To: JockoManning

And you totally ignored what the solution is.....if one is spiritually bankrupt the only solution that works is in fact a spiritual one

You can philosophize all you want. You ain’t gonna help anyone. When they are ready to accept the spiritual solution that is offered to them then they will change.


24 posted on 12/12/2017 4:19:26 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: JockoManning

You can call it a genetic predisposition all you want but that is not what I was talking about....physically the alcoholic processes alcohol differently than the normal drinker. It is a physical/chemical difference


25 posted on 12/12/2017 4:21:40 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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