Yeah, they lost all validity with me calling it a disease and not a choice.
Yeah that shit fucking irks me, "i am powerless to handle my addictions" fucking great marketing strategy for addiction centers to get people coming back, if they get them to literally pray that shit everyday...
You don't understand the changes that go on in the body. If you eat only pizza, your bacteria is going to be geared towards processing that food. Now if you drink all the time, you're going to develop pathogens that feed on alcohol or it's by products. If those pathogens are of the sort that can control the mind through "cravings", then it could easily be considered a disease.
The same exact thing happens with food based addictions.
edit: should also mention deficiency, drinking may provide missing nutrition in some amounts. I would abuse milk, if you can believe how dumb that is, but once I corrected my diet, I didn't even want milk anymore.
I read an article awhile back that Europeans were designed to drink booze because it kills all the bad gut bacteria and keeps it balanced. The same reason why Indians eat a lot of curry or Asians a lot of kimchi.
Obviously, over abuse is bad. However, if you’ve ever taken a couple months off from drinking and went on a bender one night (other than a potentional hangover). You end up feeling invigorated for a couple of weeks
Interesting, thank you.
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