> This has some merit, for example, when it comes to alcohol - you can go from being addicted to alcohol, to having a social drink once a week.
To anyone who has experience of alcoholism from any angle...this is absurd.
To anyone who has experience of alcoholism from any angle...this is absurd.
To be fair, however, we're not encouraging people who've struggled with alcoholism (esp. severe) to have a drink.
That's... not how it works. One might have become an alcoholic because the rest of their life was shit; but remaining an alcoholic is another matter. Highly-functioning addicts are still addicts. A lot of neurochemical processes don't care for the social or psychological situation.
It's a bit like saying that "people can sail the Atlantic in a kayak"; a few might make it, but the overwhelming majority will die under the waves, and telling them they can do it is just Bad.