Great conversation with a great man. Reading Theodore Dalrymple’s “Life at the bottom” caused the first crack in my old world view. He showed how measures taken with the best of intentions can have the very reverse effect of what is intended.
I believe this disease model is an offshoot of Narcotics Anonymous, which is an offshoot of AA. (Alcoholic Anonymous)
When AA was first formed, it used the disease model as an explanation for alcoholism, and from what I understand, there is a hereditary component to familial alcoholism. ( I haven't studied this for years so I am not familiar with any changes)
Great conversation with a great man. Reading Theodore Dalrymple’s “Life at the bottom” caused the first crack in my old world view. He showed how measures taken with the best of intentions can have the very reverse effect of what is intended.
“Heroin addiction a disease”
I believe this disease model is an offshoot of Narcotics Anonymous, which is an offshoot of AA. (Alcoholic Anonymous)
When AA was first formed, it used the disease model as an explanation for alcoholism, and from what I understand, there is a hereditary component to familial alcoholism. ( I haven't studied this for years so I am not familiar with any changes)
Elephants and Fatherhood. George the Tinmen has this interesting comparison on Instagram.https://www.instagram.com/p/DCUHMKgt0to/