In the addictions world, the word disease itself is an ideological front line, weighed down with far too much historical and moral baggage. I’d like to stop fighting over language (if you want to say it’s both a learning disorder and a disease, I won’t try to stop you, nor do I mind if you want to see these notions as completely distinct). Instead, I want to focus on how learning and development can allow us to stop trying to square circles.
