My addiction vs my family

[Cognostic]

@Get_off_my_lawn

Alzheimer’s a disease, as imposing the disease model on the condition does nothing to facilitate treatment

You don’t get to pair alcoholism with Alzheimer’s., Shheesh this is never-ending. Diabetes, cancer, AIDS, next you will be citing stubbed toes and malaria. Give it a rest. False equivalencies and fallacious reasoning. You can’t pair it with known diseases until first demonstrating it is a disease.

@Get_off_my_lawn

These drugs do not treat the condition, but they can help manage it.

As do all the previously mentioned counseling techniques., As does the choice to stop drinking, You are not saying anything.,Frankly speaking, so does finding Jesus. Finding Jesus has just as high of a success rate as any other form of treatment.

@Get_off_my_lawn

These drugs do not treat the condition, but they can help manage it.

There are many choices for managing the condition. The medical model is neither the most successful nor the best.

@Get_off_my_lawn

But first and foremost what you can do is to give the best care you can to prevent progress and relapse, preventing the aspects “that impair normal functioning” from returning.

And none of this requires one to adopt the disease model of alcoholism.

@Get_off_my_lawn

. In short, set up the conditions for the alcoholic to cope in his/her daily life, to live with the condition, and reduce the odds of relapses.

Again… This does not require one adopt the disease model.