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anonette doesn't want to admit she's wrong (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/greentext

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

For most alcoholics and addicts, drinking was never a choice. I've heard people call drinking "gravity," some thing that was there all the time. Sobriety is "anti-gravity," a system that must be vigilantly maintained

[–] taladar 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't like that analogy because it makes it sound like a natural thing while really drinking only has that "gravity" through many of our societal choices we could absolutely change (as a society I mean, not as individuals necessarily).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I don't think society has much to do with it.

There are depictions of alcoholism in the Bible, and there are people in AA from all classes and backgrounds, from all over the world.

It looks as if a lot of people are born with a high potential to become addicted.

https://nida.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/2023/03/new-nih-study-reveals-shared-genetic-markers-underlying-substance-use-disorders