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Originally Posted by kevmartin  ...the big popular therapy on that front for many years has been the 12 step program. Personally I'm not a fan of that as I believe it replaces the addiction with another addiction. So it is a lifelong unending therapy, rather than a cure. It works for some, but is once again a case of treating a symptom and ignoring the 'disease' (the analogical disease, not related to some folks calling addiction a "disease") |
I did some research on 12 steps programs once. The people who adhere to the 12 step program believe alcoholism is a incurable disease, so its only reasonable they would treat it as a lifelong process of recovery or prevention or whatever.
Addiction seems an odd word. I take a drug that usually prevents most of my
cluster headaches. The disease itself is one I'll have the rest of my life, so I'm told, and the only thing I can do to lessen the misery is take a particular drug. So, I'm self-motivated to take this pill every day. Its a choice between taking the pill, or the possibility of headaches that make me want to kill myself. I take the pill. Am I addicted to the pill?
These alcoholics find their life miserable so they begin living according to this program to prevent their life from being miserable, and/or continueing to drink themselves to death.
If there is ever a cure for cluster headache, I'll be the first in line, but until there is, its one verapamil tablet a day.