on 9/30/08 5:33 PM, Chris Howie at cdhowie@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 5:12 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
There is not such thing as an "exceptional alcoholic" - a person either is, or they are not. It's like calling someone an "exceptional diabetic".
I disagree. An alcoholic whose alcoholism has never resulted in anything notable happening would be unexceptional from the point of view of writing an article about one whereas someone that's been constantly in the headlines because of the alcoholism would be very exceptional.
Not to mention that alcoholism is an addiction and not a disease.
Chris,
That is a false and a dangerous belief. Addiction describes the behavior associated with the disease. In short: the emotions trigger the first drink, and the brain takes it from there.
Marc