Connect
← Return to Is drug and alcohol addiction just a bad habit? Or is it a disease?
Discussion
Is drug and alcohol addiction just a bad habit? Or is it a disease?
Addiction & Recovery | Last Active: 22 hours ago | Replies (17)Comment receiving replies
Alcoholism is a well known mental disease that takes over your control of drinking. I started many years ago because it felt good drinking and I later found out that I was general anxiety disorder GAD. I decided 30 years ago that I was not going to let drinking control my life and quit.
Replies to "Alcoholism is a well known mental disease that takes over your control of drinking. I started..."
Connect
Good for you BH,
That's a very hard decision to make. It's hard to conceive of "powerlessness" over an inanimate object (alcohol).
I have been sober for 14.5 years now, continuously! I feel great, and at 71, I'm in the gym everyday. That's my new addiction - and if you're gonna have an addiction, better to have one that won't kill you.
Congrats on 30 years! Well done!
Joe