The Disadvantages of Understanding Addiction as a Disease

The primary disadvantage of the disease model is that it distracts individuals with addiction problems. If I drink too much alcohol, it is best to focus on what I need to do about this behavior. By concentrating on reducing or stopping drinking, I may be able to succeed on my own or may need to receive external assistance. However, instead of spending time thinking whether I am an "alcoholic addict," I do not do any constructive thing to solve my problem. I would like to know if I am an alcoholic who will distract me from actually solving my drinking problem. It looks ridiculous (unless you have an alcohol problem), but it spends time to think about it, but many people who drink too will do so. Unfortunately, the conclusion is as follows. "Even if I drink too much, I do not need to worry because I am not an alcoholist, only alcohol dependents need to make changes.

This view has no meaning, but it is very common. A mass drinker can hide the conclusion that it is not "real alcohol" and avoid change. Even though my drinking amount is too much, it seems that some people drink more and have alcohol problems. I can think of them as alcoholic but I am not! Actually, depending on the situation, no matter how much you drink it can cause problems. I will solve the problem of direct drinking better, and I do not mind whether label alcohol (or poisoning) is right for me.

The second disadvantage of the disease model is that it can frustrate and motivate. "I suffer from a disease that will never be cured." Models of sickness may motivate me not to improve my behavior, but I feel hopeless. It is easy (and very common) to think that if someone begins to believe in a model of sickness, "I can not help, I am sick". (Drinking level does not cause problems) or decrease (drink too much but less than carnival). When carnival is done, it can be seen as more evidence that I really do not have hope, so what is the point of trying to change? I think that it is necessary to concentrate on drinking rather than expect prompt improvement. As I learned many other things, I can lose weight or stop drinking.

Experts cited in the media may continue to explain poisoning as disease for a long time but each one of us is still free to understand poisoning in some way. For many of us it is more beneficial to have a prospective outlook for change without using labels regulars or alcoholics.

Let's go back and take a look. Until 1987, the American Medical Association began to define dependence as a disease was a result of a better understanding of the pathophysiology of addiction and efforts to eliminate dependence. Although many of us today are commonplace, it means that anonymous organizations like alcoholics have stopped treating poisoning as a moral failure in healthcare organizations in nearly 30 years in the medical industry It is a great achievement for. As a doctor, I am grateful for every attempt to eliminate the disease. Because it increases the chances of people seeking help - and when they do they get more sympathy. However, using alone for seizures (caused by multiple factors) for neurobiology may severely limit our thinking about therapeutic strategies.

I am a doctor who confronts the opioid crisis. That is why I think that reliance on reducing brain diseases is dangerous.

So, is poisoning a choice or illness? The American Medical Association and the World Health Organization recognize drug addiction such as alcoholism, nicotine, drug addiction as a disease. In my opinion, this is a serious life-threatening disease that will ultimately lead to death if left untreated.

Most medical and toxic experts currently consider poisoning as a brain disorder. In an influential article published 20 years ago, "drug addiction is a brain disease, it is very important," arguing that addiction is a brain disease, Alan, director of the National Institute for Drug Abuse Laboratory - said Lesnar. "Addiction is related to changes in the structure and function of the brain." In the case of infection, this is a very simple matter. For example, Ebola virus is a viral hemorrhagic fever of humans and other primates caused by various viruses. Early symptoms include elevated body temperature, sore throat, muscle pain, headaches and so on. Subsequent vomiting, diarrhea and rash, and decreased liver function and kidney function. Therefore, Ebola virus can be caused by a special agent, which can damage the function of important organs, often leading to the death of infected people.