Addiction Is a Choice
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (787 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 081269404X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 179 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The author explains why current policies are ineffective and how they fail to cure the "problem." He argues that they actually encourage addiction by allowing people to feel blameless for the consequences of their choices.. Written for both lay and professional readers, this book offers new approaches to understanding addiction and the public policies necessary to successfully battle its detrimental effects on society
His reading of the results of research into addictionthat it fails to support the disease modelis convincing. -- Copyright ©2000, Kirkus Associates, LP. Addiction (which at one time meant only devotion or dedication) has come to mean ``any activity which individuals engage in, deliberately and consciously, and are physically unable to stop themselves from pursuing. All rights reserved.. From Kirkus Reviews paper 0-8126-9404-X The pendulum has begun its swing backcould it be that drug and alcohol addictions are not diseases after all, but bad personal choices? Can addiction be overcome by mustering the st
"This book had to be written, thank you!" according to dtyamz. I have come to so many of the very same conclusions over the course of many years, regarding myself and what I've seen in others. The author is somtimes a bit harsh but l understand it. Well-known "treatment" programs have such horrendous success rates that I myself question what they call success. I feel, and have come to believe, that I have been misled; my own wellnes was impeded for far too long as a result of such programs. Even the public in general have been. KBM said Scientifically Sound. Jeffrey Schaler's book is well written and sourced throughout. He makes his argument that addiction isn't caused by a mysterious disease, but that anyone who suffers from an addiction does so because they find pleasure in the use of the substance they are addicted to.This is a short volume that is packed with useful information. If it had been the only book I read on the subject, I would have given it 5 stars. Instead, though, I've been reading quite a bit on the s. M. JEFFREY MCMAHON said Schaler Misses the Boat with Either/Or Fallacy. I came into this book really wanting to like it. The title suggests that this will be a rigorous refutation of the weak-minded victimization that afflicts our society. Addiction is, after all, a choice and we are morally accountable. While I agree with Schaler that we are accountable for our bad choices, these bad choices are, contrary to Schaler, indeed the result of a "diseased" individual whose will has to be subordinated to a new set of values, a change that ma