by W. Waldo
About the author: W. Waldo is the publisher of Hope and Healing Webchronicles (www.hopeandhealing.com), a website created to inform families affected by alcoholism about spiritual principles, positive perspectives, and the twelve- step philosophy of Alcoholics Anonymous.
If a loved one was diagnosed with cancer, or diabetes, or mental disease such as schizophrenia or manic-depression, how would you respond"
Alcoholism is a disease no different than cancer, or diabetes, or mental disorders with various forms of treatments available and various levels of success with treatment attainable.
Alcoholism is a biological brain disease. When alcohol or other addictive drugs are introduced into a body predisposed by inherited genetics to addiction, permanent biological changes occur in the brain. These changes do not occur in someone without the genetic predisposition to addiction.
We are all born with genetic “predispositions”. A heightened probability.....
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