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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: John Carragher who wrote (18357)12/4/2003 11:07:58 PM
From: Dayuhan  Read Replies (1) of 793672
 

I have to differ that there are many people who cannot get sober on there own.

I agree. If he’d said “some people can’t get sober on their own”, I’d have no problem with that. If he’d said “many people”, I’d have no problem with that either. But “you can’t..” is wrong.

My main objection is to the notion of the alcoholic or addict “suffering” from a “disease”, as if this was something imposed by some outside agency. I object to this because it provides a device for the avoidance of individual responsibility for individual choices. There’s nothing wrong with asking for help, but self-pity and preaching don’t help much, IMO.

The notion of “recovering” status as a sort of status symbol, to be flaunted and preached about at every opportunity, is also a bit weird to me. It’s something you put behind you.
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