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Cocytus 05/20/19 2:42:44 PM #1:	Is addiction a disease? - Results (11 votes) 1. Yes 63.64% (7 votes) 7 2. No 36.36% (4 votes) 4 Like to alcohol, weed, and drugs. What about tobacco and caffeine, maybe even food? Is addiction a disease, a medical condition? <cite>Cocytus posted [p:922143883] in Is addicti... [t:77728405]...</cite> <quote> Is addiction a disease? - Results (11 votes) 1. Yes 63.64% (7 votes) 7 2. No 36.36% (4 votes) 4 Like to alcohol, weed, and drugs. What about tobacco and caffeine, maybe even food? Is addiction a disease, a medical condition?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lost_All_Senses 05/20/19 2:46:20 PM #2:	I have both types of diseases. I personally think it is but should be classified different. It's just weird to be having something I feel semi responsible for in the same exact category as something I was born with and would of never been able to avoid. Addiction is hard to avoid if you're born into certain circumstances tho --- Name checks out <cite>Lost_All_Senses posted [p:922144053] in Is addicti... [t:77728405]...</cite> <quote>I have both types of diseases. I personally think it is but should be classified different. It's just weird to be having something I feel semi responsible for in the same exact category as something I was born with and would of never been able to avoid. Addiction is hard to avoid if you're born into certain circumstances tho</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cocytus 05/20/19 2:51:02 PM #3:	Lost_All_Senses posted... I have both types of diseases. I personally think it is but should be classified different. It's just weird to be having something I feel semi responsible for in the same exact category as something I was born with and would of never been able to avoid. Addiction is hard to avoid if you're born into certain circumstances tho I know what you mean. Addiction is like in some kind of in-between. <cite>Cocytus posted [p:922144270] in Is addicti... [t:77728405]...</cite> <quote><cite>Lost_All_Senses posted...</cite> <quote>I have both types of diseases. I personally think it is but should be classified different. It's just weird to be having something I feel semi responsible for in the same exact category as something I was born with and would of never been able to avoid. Addiction is hard to avoid if you're born into certain circumstances tho</quote> I know what you mean. Addiction is like in some kind of in-between.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Webmaster4531 05/20/19 2:55:34 PM #4:	Like why is OCD a disorder while addiction is a disease? Both involve being compelled to do something just people with OCD don't do it because they enjoy it too much. --- Ad Hominem. <cite>Webmaster4531 posted [p:922144459] in Is addicti... [t:77728405]...</cite> <quote>Like why is OCD a disorder while addiction is a disease? Both involve being compelled to do something just people with OCD don't do it because they enjoy it too much.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cocytus 05/20/19 4:41:05 PM #5:	Webmaster4531 posted... Like why is OCD a disorder while addiction is a disease? Both involve being compelled to do something just people with OCD don't do it because they enjoy it too much. Good question. I think the distinction there is that with addiction you consume something, but OCD is that you're compelled to do something. Thin line though. I think you're right. <cite>Cocytus posted [p:922148765] in Is addicti... [t:77728405]...</cite> <quote><cite>Webmaster4531 posted...</cite> <quote>Like why is OCD a disorder while addiction is a disease? Both involve being compelled to do something just people with OCD don't do it because they enjoy it too much.</quote> Good question. I think the distinction there is that with addiction you consume something, but OCD is that you're compelled to do something. Thin line though. I think you're right.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lost_All_Senses 05/20/19 4:47:08 PM #6:	I wonder why people haven't came after the use of OCD in every day conversation. Cause technically you're making light of a mental condition people suffer from when you say things like "I have OCD about cleaning dishes" >_>. Right? --- Name checks out <cite>Lost_All_Senses posted [p:922149040] in Is addicti... [t:77728405]...</cite> <quote>I wonder why people haven't came after the use of OCD in every day conversation. Cause technically you're making light of a mental condition people suffer from when you say things like "I have OCD about cleaning dishes" >_>. Right?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cocytus 05/20/19 4:50:43 PM #7:	Lost_All_Senses posted... I wonder why people haven't came after the use of OCD in every day conversation. Cause technically you're making light of a mental condition people suffer from when you say things like "I have OCD about cleaning dishes" >_>. Right? Yeah I know what you mean. It's one of those things a lot of people who don't have it have to force themselves to see it from the patient's perspective. <cite>Cocytus posted [p:922149184] in Is addicti... [t:77728405]...</cite> <quote><cite>Lost_All_Senses posted...</cite> <quote>I wonder why people haven't came after the use of OCD in every day conversation. Cause technically you're making light of a mental condition people suffer from when you say things like "I have OCD about cleaning dishes" >_>. Right?</quote> Yeah I know what you mean. It's one of those things a lot of people who don't have it have to force themselves to see it from the patient's perspective.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
gmanthebest 05/20/19 4:55:57 PM #8:	It's definitely an in-between. Sometimes it feels like a slap in the face to people with like cancer or something to call addiction a disease --- What do I feel when I shoot an enemy? Recoil. <cite>gmanthebest posted [p:922149414] in Is addicti... [t:77728405]...</cite> <quote>It's definitely an in-between. Sometimes it feels like a slap in the face to people with like cancer or something to call addiction a disease</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Webmaster4531 05/20/19 4:57:15 PM #9:	gmanthebest posted... Sometimes it feels like a slap in the face to people with like cancer Because it is. --- Ad Hominem. <cite>Webmaster4531 posted [p:922149472] in Is addicti... [t:77728405]...</cite> <quote><cite>gmanthebest posted...</cite> <quote>Sometimes it feels like a slap in the face to people with like cancer</quote> Because it is.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Pancake 05/20/19 4:59:42 PM #10:	https://www.icd10data.com/ICD10CM/Index/A/Addiction by every meaningful metric, yes. by arbitrary metrics based on what individuals think diseases are and aren't, who knows. --- https://i.imgtc.com/wKgp7al.gif <cite>Pancake posted [p:922149592] in Is addicti... [t:77728405]...</cite> <quote>https://www.icd10data.com/ICD10CM/Index/A/Addiction by every meaningful metric, yes. by arbitrary metrics based on what individuals think diseases are and aren't, who knows.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Webmaster4531 05/20/19 5:08:17 PM #11:	Why is OCD a disorder while addiction is a disease? --- Ad Hominem. <cite>Webmaster4531 posted [p:922149947] in Is addicti... [t:77728405]...</cite> <quote>Why is OCD a disorder while addiction is a disease?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Pancake 05/20/19 5:15:09 PM #12:	https://www.icd10data.com/ICD10CM/Codes/F01-F99/F60-F69/F60-/F60.5 obsessive-compulsive disorder is also a disease. (edit: oops) --- https://i.imgtc.com/wKgp7al.gif <cite>Pancake posted [p:922150235] in Is addicti... [t:77728405]...</cite> <quote>https://www.icd10data.com/ICD10CM/Codes/F01-F99/F60-F69/F60-/F60.5 obsessive-compulsive disorder is also a disease. (edit: oops)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Webmaster4531 05/20/19 5:17:37 PM #13:	Pancake posted... https://www.icd10data.com/ICD10CM/Codes/F01-F99/F60-F69/F60-/F60.5 obsessive-compulsive disorder is also a disease. (edit: oops) That's a list of hospital codes. --- Ad Hominem. <cite>Webmaster4531 posted [p:922150348] in Is addicti... [t:77728405]...</cite> <quote><cite>Pancake posted...</cite> <quote>https://www.icd10data.com/ICD10CM/Codes/F01-F99/F60-F69/F60-/F60.5 obsessive-compulsive disorder is also a disease. (edit: oops)</quote> That's a list of hospital codes.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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