Posted by seldomseen on December 11, 2008, at 10:40:36
In reply to » seldomseen » Thanks for the great response, posted by 64Bowtie on December 10, 2008, at 19:47:31
We are obviously coming at this from different perspectives.
You wrote:
I say: <<<In your own words, "layers and layers of complexity" is the answer to why alcoholics always say, "its toooo hard" to find a cure. "There's just toooo many layers". ***To the excuse maker, this is gospel, this fact***."I see a distinct difference between excuse and reason (as in cause). To me, saying alcoholism has many layers is the reason many people find it so hard to quit. I don't see it as an excuse. To me, it's like saying "the spinal cord injury is the excuse a paraplegic uses for not walking".
One can have moments of clarity, one have a instances where they see their lives for what they are perfectly. A mind can change. The *translation* of that clarity and change into action is the difficult part.
I am not an apologist for the addict, nor am I an advocate for enabling the addict to continue.
I am someone, however, who understands the social, physiological and psychological circumstances that foster it.
This is all I have to say on the subject.
Seldom
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