Posted by john berk on August 7, 2005, at 14:51:47 [reposted on August 8, 2005, at 10:24:28 | original URL]
In reply to Neurotoxicity is not conclusively provable., posted by utopizen on August 7, 2005, at 8:50:15
HI!! ALCOHOLISM WAS A TERM COINED BY RESEARCHERS IN THE LATE 1800'S, WELL BEFORE A.A., TO DESCRIBE PEOPLE WHO SEEMED INCAPABLE OF CONTROLLING THEIR ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION!! I DON'T TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE "DISEASE" THEORY OF ALCOHOLISM OR ADDICTION, BUT I KNOW AT SOME POINT, IN CERTAIN BIOCHEMICALLY PREDISPOSED INDIVIDUALS, ALCOHOL IS NO LONGER PROCESSED THE SAME BY THE LIVER, AND BRAIN CHEMISTRY HAS BEEN CHANGED WHEREIN A SUBSTANCE KNOWN AS THIQ [I BELIEVE] REACTS TO INGESTION OF ALCOHOL SO THE ALCOHOLIC CANNOT, I REPEAT, CANNOT CONTROL HIS ALCOHOLIC CONSUMPTION!! I COULD TAKE OR LEAVE ALCOHOL FOR YEARS, AND WAS KNOWN AS A "LIGHTWEIGHT AMONGST MY TEENAGE CREW, BUT AT A CERTAIN POINT, WHERE I WAS EMPLOYED AND NOT DEPRESSED, ALCOHOL WAS NO LONGER AN OPTION, AND WHEN I DRANK IT BECAME A NEED!! I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT NEUROTOXICITY, BUT I DO KNOW ABOUT SELF-RESPONSIBILITY, AND I KNOW QUITE A FEW PEOPLE, LIKE MYSELF, THAT "CRAVE SOBRIETY, BUT IT IS MUCH EASIER SAID THAN DONE!!
ALCOHOL, LIKE DRUGS, ARE TOXIC TO THE MIND AND BODY, AND I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR ALCOHOL, BUT IT DOES CAUSE SUBTLE, BUT PERMANET CHANGES IN BRAIN CHEMISTRY!!I KNOW PEOPLE WITH 10 YEARS SOBRIETY, WITH GREAT JOBS AND FUTURES, WHO ARE STILL HAUNTED BY THE PROSPECT OF DRINKING!! THEY CAN'T ALL BE SELF-ABSORBED PEOPLE WITH NO SELF-CONTROL !! FURTHER RESEARCH IS NECESSARY!! PEACE...JOHN
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