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<blockquote data-quote="RN0441" data-source="post: 714270" data-attributes="member: 15032"><p>I can totally relate the the mad friend and what he was saying.</p><p></p><p>In the beginning I thought it was a "choice" for my son too. But at some point I feel it stopped being a choice for him. I know there is no way he wanted to be the person he had become but he was unable to stop. I know that he did not want to hurt us or himself. I know that he was not a bad person but a good person doing bad things.</p><p></p><p>To me the only "choice" is to be so sick of living it that you CHOOSE to put your heart and soul into beating it and stop feeding the addiction.</p><p></p><p>Addiction is a pre-existing condition.</p><p></p><p>It is just "there" lying in wait for some people. Like my son who struggles with substance abuse and like my mother who was an alcoholic.</p><p></p><p>The AMA has deemed addiction as a "disease".</p><p></p><p>When I came to terms with that it made more sense for me. It doesn't make it any easier though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RN0441, post: 714270, member: 15032"] I can totally relate the the mad friend and what he was saying. In the beginning I thought it was a "choice" for my son too. But at some point I feel it stopped being a choice for him. I know there is no way he wanted to be the person he had become but he was unable to stop. I know that he did not want to hurt us or himself. I know that he was not a bad person but a good person doing bad things. To me the only "choice" is to be so sick of living it that you CHOOSE to put your heart and soul into beating it and stop feeding the addiction. Addiction is a pre-existing condition. It is just "there" lying in wait for some people. Like my son who struggles with substance abuse and like my mother who was an alcoholic. The AMA has deemed addiction as a "disease". When I came to terms with that it made more sense for me. It doesn't make it any easier though. [/QUOTE]
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