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Thread #139309   Message #3193937
Posted By: GUEST,Josepp
23-Jul-11 - 08:11 PM
Thread Name: Obit: Amy Winehouse (1983-2011)
Subject: RE: Obit: Amy Winehouse (1983-2011)
////Unfortunately Josepps prejudice is not supported by science.

The fact is that people ARE born addicts./////


That is absolutely untrue. Addiction is a compulsion that entails obsessing over the substance or activity one is addicted to. The addict simply has to have it. There is NO POSSIBLE WAY a newborn infant can have such thoughts. They can be born dependent on drugs if the mother was addicted to them at the time of birth but that is not an addiction because addiction entails an obsession with the substance and not a mere dependency.

I can tell you never had to deal with addicts in your life. I had to learn all about it.

It's true that some people seem more predispposed towards becoming addicts than others that might be genetic. But no one knows to what extent this is true. But regardless noe one is BORN an addict--impossible.