Sad. Do you consider alcoholism an addiction? I do. It has decimated my family, taking down brilliant, successful people, and I can't understand it as I have zero desire to drink or do drugs or take prescription meds.
Families of alcoholics/addicts take a big hit too...living with sorrow, fear, fury...So hard to just live your life and ignore your loved ones who are essentially trying to kill themselves.
Sad. Do you consider alcoholism an addiction? I do. It has decimated my family, taking down brilliant, successful people, and I can’t understand it as I have zero desire to drink or do drugs or take prescription meds.
Families of alcoholics/addicts take a big hit too...living with sorrow, fear, fury...So hard to just live your life and ignore your loved ones who are essentially trying to kill themselves.
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Sad indeed!
Yes of course I consider alcoholism an addiction. My mother died from the liver damage her alcoholism caused. When she asked if she could get a liver transplant the doctor actually laughed at her, in my presence. It was a difficult thing to watch her go through, it took me a long time to forgive her actions.
Addiction is beyond logic. I was a smoker and didn’t believe I was addicted, a friend of mine bet me air fare home when we both lived far from our homes that I couldn’t quit for two weeks. After a few days I bought him his ticket.
I don’t smoke now but have a greater understanding I think of people who have addictions. My little sister died of lung cancer because she couldn’t manage to stop smoking.
Addictions are a disease. It requires some stupidity to get the disease but once you get it, it is terrifyingly difficult to get rid of it.