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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
Don't argue that alcoholism isn't a disease in polite, educated company. Especially if they know you are Mormon.
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Oh please. You make it sound as though the disease model were universally accepted and agreed upon by everyone. If you had even a single course on substance abuse in your training you should know that's hardly the case.
I personally think it's more complicated than just calling it a disease, or not calling it a disease. My experience has been that our culture's present love affair with finding a genetic link for every possible piece of distress that a human being can experience is definitely a double edged sword, if not an exercise in blatant reductionism.
Did you know that eating disorders are now also being called a disease?