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Originally Posted by JollyRoger
Bill Wilson, the founder of AA felt that way. He said all people are alcoholics, it's just a matter of degree, and that at some point any person just drinks themselves over some imaginary line. I myself don't agree, because it occurs as such a distinct syndrome ( a group of symptoms that always seem to occur together - which points to some specific cause) but research in this area is still uncertain.
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bill wilson?
i would ask that you do some research on mr.wilson and his alleged expertise.
you might start with the "orange papers", easily found with google.
my own experience is that addicts are suffering from a variety of mental illnesses, usually because they suffered some severe trauma, and as a result are self medicating. sadly, all they usually get for treatment is twelve step mumbo jumbo. which "succeeds" only about 5% of the time... and the "success" is to term them into sloganeering cult members.