Addiction is not curable. I also have a disease that cannot be cured. It is often fatal. I was also born into it and did nothing to bring it onto myself. There are not tons of treatment options for addiction, in fact, there are very few (12-step programs, counseling, methadone, suboxone, cold turkey). It is not as simple as wanting to get better. If that were true, millions of people wouldn't struggle with addiction their entire lives.
No, they aren't the same, but they are close enough. You don't have to agree with it for it to be true.
Sophia, I know plenty of recovering addicts who consider it a disease, some who have been clean for 20+ years. But I've never heard any of them say they are incapable of ever relapsing. I don't think a true addict could ever say that.
Maybe you aren't an addict, since it was so simple for you to stop using and stay clean. You could have been dependent on heroin and had withdrawal when you stopped, but that doesn't necessarily mean you were an addict. I honestly don't know. I can't speak to someone else's experience, only my own. Believe what you want. I'll stick with science.




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