SECOND OPINION | Addiction | PBS

[TheManolakis]

just repeating addiction is a disease, addiction is a disease DOES NOT ""PROVE"" that addiction is a disease. Where is the empirical data that confirms this "theory" ?

[cvarga]

This was one of the least helpful videos on addiction that I have ever seen. It's incredible that it came from PBS. Did either of the persons interviewed actually say anything of substance? If so, I missed it. "I am... in recovery from a disease that has no cure but does have a solution, and the solution is recovery." What completely meaningless blather!

[prschuster]

If addiction is a disease, why is it that treatment mostly involves support group attendance or counseling by addiction professionals who have no training in medicine or psychology? The only bona fide medical treatment involves detox for withdrawal symptoms or hospitalization for organ damage but not for the addictive behavior itself.