anon3c67

In the new view of addiction, says Childers, people vary in their ability
to manage problems and pleasures, "but we must recognize that we all share
the same circuits of pleasure, rewards, and pain. Anyone who takes cocaine
will enjoy it; anyone who has *** will enjoy it. There is nothing abnormal
about getting high on cocaine. Everyone will. There is a natural basis of
addiction and we need to get away from the concept that only bad or weak
or diseased people have problems with addiction. Telling someone to 'just
say no' is like telling someone to just say no to eating and drinking and
***. We must begin to see how very human and very hard this is. But it is
far from hopeless."

http://www.psychologytoday.com/htdocs/prod/PTOArticle/PTO-19940901-000020.ASP

todd benson

There is a natural basis of

I didn't read the article, but it seems contrary to what you post here.

anon3c67

I've never said smokers were bad people. I've never said smokers were
weak. Steve has said that smokers are strong and have to be in order
to put up with the punishment of the drug. I've said smoking is a
disease meaning smoking is a disease (trap) spread by tobacco
manufacturers, not that smokers are diseased people.

todd benson

So smokers are not weak, bad or diseased. And I assume that by weak you
mean weak mentally and not physically.