Real Alcoholics are more likely to recover than Heavy Drinkers according to data in the government’s latest large scale epidemiological study, NESARC-III.
Tag: Alcoholism
Mental Illnesses Don’t Cause Continued Addiction: NESARC Epidemiological Results
In an analysis of nicotine, cannabis, alcohol, and cocaine users (in which a vast majority were diagnosed with mood and anxiety disorders), the researchers found that: “No association was observed between mood and anxiety disorders and dependence remission for any of the substances assessed.”
Fake Success Rates: Retention and Completion
The addiction treatment industry doesn’t care about real success for it’s patients – they only care about keeping you in treatment for as long as possible. This is evidenced by the fact that they present retention rates rather than real success rates.
Still Genius – Fingarette on the Disease Myth and Learning
23 years later, Herbert Fingarette’s critique of the disease concept still rings true. In this excerpt, he points out that the ruling explanations of addiction are simply describing learning, and for all the fancy medical language, treatment is simply about teaching.
Addiction Is For Kids
Rates of addiction are highest among young adults, and drastically drop among people 30 years and older, as data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows (NSDUH).