Democratic Presidential Debate Tonight

[240 is Back]

alcoholism is a symptom of addiction in the blood.

it's a compulsion.  you might fulfill your addiction with sex, alcohol, work, sports, who knows.  it's a compulsion.,  has nothing to do with the alcohol, it has to do with the urges and need you feel.  When drunks stop being drunks, they replace that addiction with something else.

[ieffinhatecardio]

I have seen 2 very interesting studies. One says it is nurture over nature, the other says nature over nurture. I am not sure about homosexuality yet, and am still looking into it. My opinion as of today is that there might be a small percentage that are born with the wires crossed. I think the large majority choose to be gay for whatever reason.

I find it hard to relate homosexuality and drug addiction. Even though a baby might have been born to a crack addict mother and is "addicted" from day one. They are also born with the will power to fight that addiction, because obviously 100% of babies born to drug addicts don't end up an addict themselves right?

If you're referring to my question I wasn't trying to relate homosexuality with drug addiction. I was trying to find out your point of view. From reading your posts I guessed that you were of the opinion that homosexuality was a choice.

In all honesty I wasn't trying to open a discussion on whether homosexuality wasn't a choice.

[egj13]

"Alcoholism has been recognized for many years by professional medical organizations as a primary, chronic, progressive and sometimes fatal disease."

Guess the medical community is out of touch. 

Guess they are. A major problem in today's society is everything is given a label which allows people to shrug off responsibility for their actions. If you can stop through sheer will power it isn't a disease. You quit having cancer through will power or Aids for that matter. You can man up and quit drugs however. Quit making excuses for people.