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Re:My experience of losing a friend to heroin (2020) by taneq on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @08:20AM (#28999478)
> It's just that you have decided to drink and keep on drinking. It's your choice.

That's kind of the dividing line, though, isn't it? If it's your choice and you could choose otherwise, then you're not an alcoholic. Some people don't feel like it's a choice.

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Re:My experience of losing a friend to heroin (2020) by galaxyLogic on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @12:15AM (#29077004)
I can see one could be in a situation where doing cold turkey might be dangerous so in that situation it might be dangerous to stop. But isn't it still their choice? I know this might get easily into deep thinking of whether we have free will or not, so I'm gonna stop
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