Talk:Addiction

If you want to make the claim about conservative values and religion helping to defeat addiction, you should probably cite some research that shows that. Good luck! Murray 13:39, 15 April 2008 (EDT)

See: Atheism and alcoholism and Atheism and drug addiction.Conservative (talk) 11:42, 30 January 2019 (EST)

Why are depression and anxiety down here? I would not think of these emotional states (and, in more severe states, psychiatric problems) as addictions. Carltonio (talk) 13:10, 2 April 2019 (EDT)

Early in the article, we see that over-eating can be addictive. Should the article point out that fasting can also be addictive, as is the case in anorexia nervosa?Carltonio (talk) 16:53, 15 September 2019 (EDT)

The Bible teaches that addiction is the result of sin, and specifically the sin of idolatry or replacing God with something else. Idolatry is also a lack of, or loss of, faith, or a failure to believe what God says. Either way, Idolatry and lack of faith results in addiction.

Salvation is the only deliverance from addiction, it should not be poo-poo'ed as "religion can also help". There is one cause for addiction - sin. There is one cure for addiction - salvation. RobS^{Trump 2Q2Q} 23:13, 5 July 2020 (EDT)

Great points, but perhaps not a message that everyone is open-minded enough to hear ... initially.--Andy Schlafly (talk) 23:30, 5 July 2020 (EDT)

That would be because they are lost in idolatry. Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing the Word of God. RobS^{Trump 2Q2Q} 00:13, 6 July 2020 (EDT)

The Church and Society as a whole also has to help those suffering. Treating addicts with loving care, rather than as criminals, is essentialt, and recognizing the relationship between mental health and addiction. Furthermore, "repeated substance use can cause changes in how the brain functions".^[1] This requires help from medical specialists and counsellors. --Jackin the box (talk) 16:00, February 2, 2022 (EST)

Debatable. Idolatry and addiction is a choice each one of makes to turn away from God. RobS^{Let's Go Brandon!} 18:00, February 2, 2022 (EST)

According to the CDC, fewer than 20% of Americans obtain mental health counseling of any kind.^[2] That means that 80% of Americans are not helped by advice to seek a specialist for addiction, which probably affects nearly everyone in some way or another. Also, specialists are expensive, while church and reading the Bible are not.--Andy Schlafly (talk) 18:26, February 2, 2022 (EST)

Perhaps Christians – and those of other faiths, or none – need to do more. --Jackin the box (talk) 19:05, February 2, 2022 (EST)

Bottomline is addiction is a choice. Personal responsibility is the issue. RobS^{Let's Go Brandon!} 19:07, February 2, 2022 (EST)

While the base cause of both sources of addiction are essentially the same- short-term pleasure for long-term pain in a degenerate manner- there is certainly a distinction between how the two hook themselves into people. I'd like to delve deeper into this, and I'll have to do a whole lot more research about it to do an informed write-up, but would this be a good category? I'm particularly interested in it because my mother fell into alcoholism herself. LawfulLibertarian (talk) 21:32, June 21, 2022 (EDT)

Re the Classical Greek adikia, This seems not to be connected to our word "addiction", according to the OED: "Etymology: classical Latin addictiōn-, addictiō assignment (of disputed property), assigning of a debtor to the custody of his creditor". --Jackin the box (talk) 19:56, February 2, 2022 (EST)