Re: The \"disease\" of alcoholism.
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If you take away the substance, eventually the patient will improve and the addiction/compulsion will lessen.
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What? This is factually false. Especially if taken literally - alcohol withdrawal is deadly.
The rest is not factually supported. It's hard to refute because it's so subjective. But based on your tone I doubt you've ever experienced anything as difficult as the alcoholic's "easy way out."
Care to explain where and how you draw the distinction? If you're doing it arbitrarily then it certainly won't be productive to suggest other analogous disorders.
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