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Topic	WHO Recognizes Video Gaming Addiction As Mental Disorder
chrono625 06/20/18 7:12:01 PM #59:	ChainedRedone posted... chrono625 posted... ChainedRedone posted... chrono625 posted... P4wn4g3 posted... chrono625 posted... Why is drug and alcohol addiction a "disease" but gaming addiction isn't? Substances affect your brain chemistry. Activities do as well, but in much different ways. You won't get chemically dependent on them for example. Ok. So. Wouldnt both actions be prevented by not partaking in them? My point is, and always has been, drug addiction is only predicated on the choice to use an addictive substance. So how does one develop drug addiction without using drugs? Hence, why calling it a disease is so dishonest. It's called a disease because it matches the criteria for a disease. It's like saying lunch cancer isn't a disease because it was their choice to smoke cigarettes. That's completely irrelevant to whether it's a disease. You can get lung cancer and never touch a cigarette. You cant get opioid addiction without having done an opioid. It's not the same. So alcoholic liver disease isn't a disease, right? You can have liver failure without drinking alcohol. And liver disease from drinking is a side effect of drinking. We're talking about addiction being a disease. As I've said. Drug addiction isnt something you just develop. You have to partake in narcotics in order to develop the addiction. So to me, it's more of a self inflicted choice rather than some infectious disease. --- https://imgur.com/Rqk1DYV - Super Bowl XXI/XXV/XLII/XLVI Champions - NY Giants Eli Manning SB tracker: 2/2 Superbowls 2/2 SBMVP's <cite>chrono625 posted [p:903655390] in WHO Recogn... [t:76733738]...</cite> <quote><cite>ChainedRedone posted...</cite> <quote><cite>chrono625 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>ChainedRedone posted...</cite> <quote><cite>chrono625 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>P4wn4g3 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>chrono625 posted...</cite> <quote>Why is drug and alcohol addiction a "disease" but gaming addiction isn't?</quote> Substances affect your brain chemistry. Activities do as well, but in much different ways. You won't get chemically dependent on them for example.</quote> Ok. So. Wouldnt both actions be prevented by not partaking in them? My point is, and always has been, drug addiction is only predicated on the choice to use an addictive substance. So how does one develop drug addiction without using drugs? Hence, why calling it a disease is so dishonest.</quote> It's called a disease because it matches the criteria for a disease. It's like saying lunch cancer isn't a disease because it was their choice to smoke cigarettes. That's completely irrelevant to whether it's a disease.</quote> You can get lung cancer and never touch a cigarette. You cant get opioid addiction without having done an opioid. It's not the same.</quote> So alcoholic liver disease isn't a disease, right?</quote> You can have liver failure without drinking alcohol. And liver disease from drinking is a side effect of drinking. We're talking about addiction being a disease. As I've said. Drug addiction isnt something you just develop. You have to partake in narcotics in order to develop the addiction. So to me, it's more of a self inflicted choice rather than some infectious disease. --- https://imgur.com/Rqk1DYV - Super Bowl XXI/XXV/XLII/XLVI Champions - NY Giants Eli Manning SB tracker: 2/2 Superbowls 2/2 SBMVP's</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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