Results: Coddling Poor Decisions
Published on 05/23/2025
A disease vs a choice vs an addiction
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I get tired of medical professions and average old people claiming things like alcoholism, drug addiction, hoarding, etc are a disease. I believe these be choice and/or simply addictions. What do you think? They are in fact disease
17%
352 votes
I'm in the middle on this subject
17%
358 votes
Yes, they are diseases that people suffer through
14%
295 votes
People need to take accountability for their poor choices and quit blaming any and everything else for their decisions
29%
601 votes
I really don't care
8%
166 votes
N/A
14%
289 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
39 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.95% | 20 | |
| They are choices that have become FIRST a HABIT, then it has evolved into an OBSESSION | 0.05% | 1 |
| An addiction own it's own is a disease. So, yes, these either qualify as a disease - or are simply symptoms of the disease: addiction. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I think some people can be predisposed to addiction. Their income level, how they are patented, if parent have addictions issues etc. they didn t make those choices and should not be treated as equal to others that may have different life all togeth | 0.05% | 1 |
| For some it is a disease but also for some, a bad choice. | 0.05% | 1 |
| If people didn't make the choices, they wouldn't know they had the "disease." I believe the medical field decided to call it a "disease" to give people an excuse to get medical help. | 0.05% | 1 |
| It is where people do not take responsibility for their own actions and the rest of us have to pay for their healthcare when they need mental help not treatment from medicare. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I think they are addictions and that they need mental health services. They are not the same as say cancer. | 0.05% | 1 |
| addiction is a disease | 0.05% | 1 |
| they are symptoms of a disease | 0.05% | 1 |
| I believe it's result of poor decisions & people need to be responsible for their actions. however addictions are hard to beat. | 0.05% | 1 |
| D | 0.05% | 1 |
| THEY ARE IMPELLED BUT NOT COMPELLED TOWARD ADDITIONS. I BELIEVE THEY ARE BORN WITH IT TO DEAL WITH IT. | 0.05% | 1 |
| your a moron | 0.05% | 1 |
| It is an addiction from underlying health issues that turn into a disease | 0.05% | 1 |
| im int he middle and agree people need to take responsibility for their actions | 0.05% | 1 |
| I think people need to be accountable, but to an extend they are diseases. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I thinkmthey are doctors and know more about it than you so know your role and shut your hole | 0.05% | 1 |
| It's a progression one to another. | 0.05% | 1 |
| It's been proven that most of these addictions---to alcohol, to drugs, to food, to hoarding---are indeed diseases of the mind and body that need to be treated. | 0.05% | 1 |
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