Is this the article you have in mind?http://www.realclearhealth.com/articles/2016/11/30/what_the_surgeon_general_gets_wrong_about_addiction_110290.html …
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I worry disease language turns addicts into victims and robs them of the agency to makes changes.
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Anytime I do something that doesn't make sense I call it a disease, that way it's never my fault.
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maybe in the sense of dis-ease (and obsessing over alleviation of it), but
@DavidAKesslerMD's "Capture" is a more apt diagnosis.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Addiction is more akin to type 2 diabetes - a disease brought on & treated by lifestyle choices. A fallacious essay
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Diabetes 2 is genetic. Eating less improves it, but individuals don't choose their genes. Similarly for addiction.
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But addiction affects the brain more drastically than other things. Would you argue that there's anorexia isn't a brain disease?
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Reading this tweet affected my brain. Otherwise I wouldn't remember it. Hence
@sapinker Tweets cause brain disease!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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More to do with genetic predilection, peer pressure, and experiential-charged reaction to life challenges.
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nature has a natural drive to search for specific tasks, adapt and cling to it, most fail, only the best strategies survive!
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Unlike ALS or MS, most "mental Illness" is descriptions of behaviors grouped by APA for financial profit and billing purposes.
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Of course exceptions - TBI, probably schizophrenia & PROVEN genetic disorders in which chromosomes are determined.
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One could say, 'addiction changes the brain, to feed the habit." The concept of Feedback Loop keeps showing up in
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