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To: Scumbria who wrote (112004)	5/23/2000 7:10:00 AM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (2) of 1571055

Re: "Exactly. Addiction is a serious physiological and psychological problem. For example, why do some people become alcoholics, and not others? I can drink like a fish one week, and not touch a drink for the next 12 months. Why is it that some other people can't do that? Will power has nothing to with it. I have no physiological need for alcohol, whereas some people do. You are still very young, and have a lot to learn about what makes us human." I wouldn't normally get into one of these discussions but I think you have bought hook line and sinker the spin created by the professional community that makes a very good living treating peoples "genetic predisposition" to addictions of every imaginable kind. The basic idea is to tell people they have no personal responsibility for their behavior and therefore they need to pay the professional huge sums of money for "treatment". A very good living is made by the medical professionals, the insurance companies pay the bill and charge the employers (or government) huge sums of money and people go on scarffing down the cheeseburgers, smoking their cigarettes, drinking their alcohol, doing their dope or whatever other compulsive behavior is in vogue this week and rest assured, it's not their fault.... they're genetically predisposed..... The Doctors and therapists drive Mercedes, the insurance companies make billions, the people know it's not their fault and a good time is had by all... EP

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