I was just wondering do you think drug addition is a choice??

Yes, I think addiction is a choice and some even say it's the cause of moral weaknesses.
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Hi Doper,

You determined an awful lot from the couple of words that have been written in this thread. As you say, science has linked this dis-ease to genetics, but do not really have any more answers to what is going on genetically than being able to point in the direction of there being some predisposition to those who have parents and or relatives who act in the same way.

You say that addiction is not a mental illness? Well if you did a little bit of study yourself you would find that the reason behind this affliction being called a dis-ease is the fact that we who suffer from addiction have a problem with our brains not functioning correctly. Especially when it comes to making sound decisions about doing things repetitively that cause harm to ourselves both physically and socially.

Even those who did early studies in alcoholism and drug addiction (early 1900's) knew that addiction was caused by a mental disposition. This was clearly evident in the Book of Alcoholics Anonymous when it was stated: Men and women drink essentially because they like the effect produced by alcohol. The sensation is so elusive that, while they admit it is injurious, they cannot after a time differentiate the true from the false. To them, their alcoholic life seems the only normal one. "The Dr.'s Opinion" pg. xxvi. Although this was written about alcoholism, the determination still holds true about anyone who does something addictively. I do not care if you change the word alcohol with anything done with obsession, the fact that someone acting in such a way where the outcome ends in not being able to differentiate true from false, there has to be a determination of a mental problem. This is covered even more in depth in several other studies done by renowned scientist of today (see HBO's new documentary "Addiction" @HBO.com).

One of the things I have found that accompanies this mental illness is the uncanny ability for those who suffer from it to form opinions of others based on only the knowledge they have from a couple of words written or said by someone who they have no idea about. The only reasoning behind the very short answer to the question starting this thread was to entice a more in depth reasoning behind the question.

If you would like I will share with you the "education" I have compiled over the past eight years in study of this affliction. Just remember what Hebert Spencer said "There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation."
                 

What say you? With complete respect, Ed C.

Yes, I think addiction is a choice and some even say it's the cause of moral weaknesses.
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What kind of question is this and what kind of answer is this?

Who chooses to be ill?...who chooses to live in hell?...who chooses to ruin their life?...

I was very well educated on drugs all my teenage life, I knew all the down of drugs, all the bad it can bring and still I fell for it.

Ruined all my life, even now Im paying for all the damage done.

I knew all the bad that drugs could do but I didnt know the good they could make me feel, I didnt know I - the one who knew it all - would turn an addict, a prostitute for drugs, a crappity smacked up human being...who chooses that?

Even the ones that say they chose to do drugs, even the ones who wanted to get in trouble and crappity smack up their lives, they could not expect the extent of the drug-use destruction, even they must curse the day they've got into it.

Only those who have not gone too far to the bottom, can even dare to think asking such a question.

I think it starts out as a choice.  Personally I made the choice to start using drugs, there wasn't an addiction before I started using.  It certainly becomes an addiction, really quickly I might add.

I do feel that some people have it in 'their blood'  so to speak.  I'm believer that if you parents have done it so will you, probably even worse. 

I don't think anyone wants to become a drug abuser, it kind of just happens.

Drug addiction will lead our life to the opposite road of what we expect. It is pathological state. Use of drugs may lead to criminal penalty in addition to physical and social harm. So drug addiction is not a choice always.


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robert

Obviously drug addiction is a choice.. Getting addicted is in your hands.
Anyway Nice discussion..
Thanx for sharing!!!