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Originally Posted by spunkywho
I didn't realize he was River Phoenix' brother. Why do people not tell me those important details?????
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You mean me? Since I'm the one who's always rambling about Joaquin :P And Crash was right: I assumed you already knew that. Like everyone else.  |
you guys should know me by now
Stuff like that doesn't come easy to me
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Originally Posted by spunkywho
I feel bad for him because I think addiction is a genetic thing and I don't think there is a cure -- it's something he has to live with for the rest of his life.
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You really think that? Is that your personal opinion, or is there (scientific) proof for that?
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Not sure if it is scientific proof or only a theory that there is an 'addiction gene'. Apparently the chances for people to become alcoholics if they had alcoholic parents are much higher than if they didn't have alcoholic parents. I think that is how the studies started out, but they added that an addicition can take on various forms and doesn't have to be translated into an alcohol or drug addiction, but could be an eating addiction or sports addiction.
So, it is more than my personal opinion, but I totally buy into it and from my own observations it makes total sense. As does the fact that an addiction can never be cured, only controlled and suppressed and hopefully channelled into a less destructive addiction.