Alcoholism is a Disease?

Telling someone they have an in curable disease is dispicable........AA promoted the disease concept and influenced its acceptance by the AMA...Try getting AAGSO to accept responsibilty....They will deny it..

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[maklininak]

great stuff. Great info, and well thought out.

[aartvegan]

Thank you, that was very interesting.

[ndrthrdr1]

This video presents the truth.

If you're in AA and think that it's not true, you've been indoctrinated by cult members who have been indoctrinated by cult members.

[kterbo]

I'm in an addiction class at college and unfortunately I'm the black sheep. I feel it is a choice and a matter of poor coping skills,... and everyone else thinks it's a disease. They are fixed on the view and I feel strongly for this opposite 'choice' view point. Thank you for this video! See AA alternatives for some great backing on this subject.

[Hammersley1967]

The idea that alcoholism is a disease has always been a political and moral notion with no scientific basis. It was first promoted in the U.S. around 1785 as an erroneous physiological theory (Levine, 1978), and later became a theme of the temperance movement (Gusfield, 1963). It was revived by AA in the 1930s, which derived its views from an amalgam of religious ideas, personal experiences, anecdotal observations, and the unsubstantiated theories of a contemporary physician (Robinson, 1979)...

[Hammersley1967]

@weinerout

"My questions were directed precisely to the point of your video. I believe that almost every informed person (medical and otherwise) would say that alcoholism is a medical condition."

No...

Although government policy influences the PUBLIC opinions of physicians, ANONYMOUS survey results consistently demonstrate that between 73.7% and 92.4% of physicians in the western world DO NOT recognise alcoholism a a "medical condition" (see: Rosta J. 2004)...

[Hammersley1967]

@weinerout (I mean quickcap)

1) No

2) No - alcoholism is not a "medical condition". It is a behaviour.. You can't perform an autopsy on an alcoholic and find "alcoholism"...

[Hammersley1967]

Good video...

Definitely one to be favourited...

It is actually the same subject matter as the first chapter of my PhD dissertation...

How are you going with that "other project" we were discussing?

[2pWORTH]

@iggerdanus Well its going fine here too Anus...Lets see,there is me out in the open,contactable,showing me face in public.....Then there is you hiding behind an anonymous ID in an anonymous organisation...Who do you think is more credible?

There is a reason why you hide....and you do hide Anus...dont you...Mr no one knows who I am and NO one can trace me....Your one chicken puppy Anus....

[iggerdanus]

@2pWORTH HAHA, yeah I can just picture you out there running a "fools' errand"!

It's going strong where I live, thank goodness.