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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (24972)	11/1/2004 10:01:46 PM
From: Jill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Right. There is mounting evidence about addictions in all arenas, even gambling--if you put them on dopamine agonists, they lose the desire to gamble. That doesn't mean you lack responsibility and can say "hey my genes did it." It does mean biology is complex, especially when interacting with environment, and we need to take a holistic viewpoint in these situations; if we don't understand all the variables, we won't make good decisions for others or ourselves.

To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (24972)	11/1/2004 11:27:33 PM
From: GraceZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Of course there is a genetic component to addiction! Every addict alcoholic in the WORLD knows this. Still, they would laugh if someone brought it up at a meeting because it's funny as hell to have someone mention something that everyone knows and which is TOTALLY useless to them in their quest to get well.