03-16-2020, 07:54 PM
As the article states, Marc Lewis and Gene Heyman have argued that addiction is not a disease. This belies the claim that there is current medical consensus (not that medicine is a proper science anyway).
But coming back to JP's case, he has argued in 12 Rules for Life that addiction is a result of positive feedback, and it is up to the individual to break that feedback loop. In which case, his going to a rehab clinic is exactly practising what he preaches, which the muddle headed 'award winning' journalist (who gives out these mickey mouse awards?) blithely ignores in her nothingburger article.
On a positive note, I bought Marc Lewis's book on bookdepository to educate myself more on the subject. Although I probably won't read it. I buy books compulsively and never read them. I'm an addict.
But coming back to JP's case, he has argued in 12 Rules for Life that addiction is a result of positive feedback, and it is up to the individual to break that feedback loop. In which case, his going to a rehab clinic is exactly practising what he preaches, which the muddle headed 'award winning' journalist (who gives out these mickey mouse awards?) blithely ignores in her nothingburger article.
On a positive note, I bought Marc Lewis's book on bookdepository to educate myself more on the subject. Although I probably won't read it. I buy books compulsively and never read them. I'm an addict.