Please List Several Beliefs YOU Personally Hold About Drug Addicts And Alcoholics?

Question by ebizartistry: Please List Several Beliefs YOU Personally Hold About Drug Addicts And Alcoholics?
Please List Several Beliefs You Personally Hold About Drug Addicts And Alcoholics?

Secondly…

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE COMMON BELIEFS HELD BY YOUR FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY ABOUT ADDICTION OR CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY?

Be as complete and honest as possible in your reply. Honesty and completeness gets my vote for best answer.

Best answer:

Answer by mec308
1 they are humans
2 they need help
3 they have addictive destructive personality traits
4 they can self destruct or be destructive to those around them
5 they can sometimes function within society at a high level but this does not mean they are in control
6. there is no cure, only adaption and cognitive behavioural responses
7. it is societies problem, not just the individuals

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