Is Drug Addiction a Disease?

Traditional Drug Addiction treatment modalities advocate that alcoholism and drug addiction are incurable diseases.

This is untrue.

Drug and Alcohol abuse is a choice, not unlike any other bad decisions we make in life. This fact of course becomes blurred over time as drugs and alcohol completely take priority over all other matters. Attending a long term drug rehab center helps drug addicted individuals by removing them from their environment for a period of time with less distractions. This provides the person a safe place that is far removed from drug connections and places. It is extremely difficult to help a person with a full blown drug or alcohol addiction without removing him or her from their enviornment.

There is no quick fix for drug addiction and alcoholism. Recovery is often a long process, there should be little focus on time in the early stages of treatment. The skills one learns during intensive drug rehab must be integrated into everyday life, and this takes time.

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Definitions of Terms Used

Term	Description
Addiction	Strong physiological, emotional and/or psychological dependence on a substance such as alcohol or drugs that has progressed beyond voluntary control. For more on addiction see the section Addiction Information in this website.
Alcohol	Refers to ethyl alcohol or ethanol.
Drug	Any substance, other than food, that changes the function or structure of the body or mind when ingested. Drugs essentially are poisons. The degree they are taken determines the effect. A small amount acts as a stimulant. A greater amount acts as a sedative. A larger amount acts as a poison and can kill one dead. This is true of any drug. Each has a different amount at which it gives those results.

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