Re: Addiction is a disease?
All of that is very well and good if we are talking about those sorts of decisions that are made before physical dependence has set in. Once the physical imperatives set in then all bets are off.
In other words, I think the academic understanding therefore of "Loss of Control" is poorly defined and switches contexts mostly because the people studying it haven't personally experienced it. Once loss of control happens on a physical basis it is very real, not psychological at all, and nearly gains the imperative of a survival instinct.
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