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Trying To Treat Addiction Issues
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Is treating addiction issues (alcohol, drugs, gambling etc) futile?
What I mean is, shouldnt the underlying CAUSE of addiction be treated instead?
Reading dieseldick's post below Re: struggling with drink, its obvious that trying to treat his alcohol issues would be flogging a dead horse unless he had some help managing his other issues? (apologies to dieseldick, just using your post as an example). 12 step programmes to 'treat' addictions dont have a very good track record eg
http://
The link echoes not only my own experience but dozens (if not hundreds) of people that Ive known over the years and yet the public are led to believe that these programmes 'work'. Thats NOT to say that they dont work for SOME.
People aquire addictions for various and diverse reasons but to my mind its like sticking a plaster on a broken bone most of the time...it seems to be 'medicine' but is actually useless.
Appriciate any thoughts,
thank you.
What I mean is, shouldnt the underlying CAUSE of addiction be treated instead?
Reading dieseldick's post below Re: struggling with drink, its obvious that trying to treat his alcohol issues would be flogging a dead horse unless he had some help managing his other issues? (apologies to dieseldick, just using your post as an example). 12 step programmes to 'treat' addictions dont have a very good track record eg
http://
The link echoes not only my own experience but dozens (if not hundreds) of people that Ive known over the years and yet the public are led to believe that these programmes 'work'. Thats NOT to say that they dont work for SOME.
People aquire addictions for various and diverse reasons but to my mind its like sticking a plaster on a broken bone most of the time...it seems to be 'medicine' but is actually useless.
Appriciate any thoughts,
thank you.
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//They're 1000's of AA meetings up and down the country. If the twelve step program didn't work they wouldn't be any meetings!/
Dont doubt it melv.
Theres 1000's of weight watchers programmes up and down the country as well and for evey fatty thats lost a few pounds theres a few more that gained a few stone.
Dont doubt it melv.
Theres 1000's of weight watchers programmes up and down the country as well and for evey fatty thats lost a few pounds theres a few more that gained a few stone.
//Half the battle of addiction is admitting it to yourself. I don't think you can equate WW's to AA.//
Why? Is addiction to food different from addiction from cigarettes or gambling? Dont overweight people 'admit' that they are overweight? And need help from over eating? Whats the difference between someone comfort eating and someone comfort drinking (and I do both BTW)
Why? Is addiction to food different from addiction from cigarettes or gambling? Dont overweight people 'admit' that they are overweight? And need help from over eating? Whats the difference between someone comfort eating and someone comfort drinking (and I do both BTW)
That's an interesting question, nailit. I'm overweight but I don't exercise, I'm not addicted to food. Addiction implies that someone is doing something to excess and there is a compulsion to do it - if tilly felt she couldn't eat food without alcohol, and preferred the drink to the food, then that to me would be addiction (sorry tilly, you gave a good example).
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