The key issue in addiction is free will. There’s no way around this. The entire notion of addiction rests on the assertion that the “addict” lacks free will in some way (either solely in regard to substance use – losing free will over substances after freely choosing a single dose, or else when faced with some… Continue reading Stanton Peele pens new paper on free will and addiction
Tag: nicotine
NPR accidentally reveals the disgusting truth about the disease model of addiction
“But then, the more I think about it [getting off the drugs], it scares the hell out of me,” he says. “I’m scared of going backward. I honestly don’t know what would happen.”
That’s a fear voiced by many of the growing number of Americans who have come to see their addiction as a chronic disease, a condition they may have to live with — and need treatment for — for many years.
Why Target Pleasure?
“New gene therapy for smoking kills the pleasure of nicotine” – so reads the headline in yesterday’s LA Times. This brings up an issue that remains a huge thorn in the side of the committed disease theorists: substance use is a purpose driven behavior, bottom line. The way people treat you when you publicly say… Continue reading Why Target Pleasure?