The shouts from the rooftops are overwhelming: addiction is a disease, and no one can handle it without seeking medical attention.

People never refer to cancer as the disease of cancer. It remains to be cancer because we are all aware that cancer is a disease. It is proved that we cannot hide the symptoms of cancer with ordinary measures. Therefore, a qualifier is not needed in this case.

Additionally, drug addiction and excessive drinking of alcohol isn’t a disease. Calling it such would imply we are rubbing the whole issue the wrong way; otherwise, we may have to rethink the definition of the term disease. We are going to analyze a few key points to disapprove our notion of perceiving addiction as a real disease.… Read the rest