Treating Alcoholism Like a Disease Leads to Learned Helplessness

In this video/podcast I discuss how the disease theory of alcoholism turned me into a powerless victim. This view of addiction continues to be heavily promoted. Those of us who resist the theory can be made to feel guilty with the help of some circular reasoning – i.e. one of the symptoms of alcoholism is the belief you don’t have the disease.

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