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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I realize that this is an old thread, but as an alcoholic myself, please people, stop judging! If you were (thankfully) spared from the genetic disposition to become physically dependent on alcohol, good for you. That doesn't mean that all alcoholics should be denied medical care, in whatever form it takes. Even alcoholics have friends and family that love them and want them to stick around. Have some compassion people, you are not perfect either. (Fat? Diabetes, Smoker? Lung Cancer, but you still expect medical help, don't you?)
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serious question....could those that have genetic dispositions to become physically addicted to alcohol switch to pot?

I.e. everytime an alcoholic wants to have a drink, if they had a massive joint or smoked a bowl and were stoned all the time instead of having alcohol?

Is the drive towards alcoholism the hunger for alcohol or any 'escapist substance'.

if it is the latter, being stoned 24/7 never killed someone's liver. perhaps it would be a better alternative to switch an alcoholic over to? [/quote]

I guess you have to ask yourself whether it is better to kill your brain cells or your liver cells. [/quote]

After living with this alcoholic for years and putting up with the stress, I figure it was up to him to go get help. He refused. He chose
alcohol over the family and was a cruel person to me, his wife, and kind to everyone else. I do believe, however, it does run in families.
My father died of a stroke but went through alcohol withdrawal while in ICU that they had to treat as well. We grew up with booze, drunk family friends and
were given booze when we were young. Everything was centered around alcohol. It was so twisted. I didn't realize it until after some serious counseling.
My question is: Why don't you get help? AA is great and there are some great rehab centers. 
Also, there is only a certain extent to which families and friends will tolerate alcoholism. It's a matter of time depending on you, when they will
no longer put up with watching you kill yourself. The main thing I keep thinking is, why did I put up with it and enable him for such a long time? The hardest
thing was not leaving but dealing with it on a daily basis and losing myself in the long run. [/quote]

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