Quote Originally Posted by Moonbeam View Post
If it's not your thing, don't go, but you shouldn't criticize it, because it has saved a lot of people.
I'm not debating that, I just think that if a method was created involving complete personal acceptance of control over the issue, even more people could be completely saved, just as you and pj have been.

Addiction is a very difficult thing to overcome, but no matter how powerful the urge is, it is always possible for an addict to say no. I'm not saying it's easy, by any means, but if you were to lock an addict in a room with no drugs, they would be 'cured' after a long enough period. There are no other diseases like this, which is why many hesitate to consider it a disease - it's more of a state of mind which needs to be broken out of. It's entirely possible for some individuals to break free from such a state through sheer will, and I know some people who have done so. I think that if we try to reinforce the idea of addiction as a state of mind instead of an affliction that the addict has 'no power' over, we may save many more people from despair and relapse.