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Lets try another example from DSM-IV: Schizophrenia included in DSM-IV. Schizophrenia is known to be physiologically based (the brain is different from that of a normal person). The WHO describes it as an illness, DSM-IV a disorder. After wandering around a bit on the WHO ICD Version 10 2007...

The problem with strict "quick loss"diets is that they tend to have only short term results since you cannot live on a strict diet happily ever after. A lifetime change of lifestyle habits is the only way to enjoy long term success. See your doctor, then go see a dietitian. Tell them...

I always inform them when I am on my period. Sometimes they do not care; sometimes we book at a later date; and sometimes I lose a date; oh well. To me it is the only way to be. Ronnie, Naughtylady

Are you saying only someone with a PHD knows what they are talking about? A therapist who specializes in treatment for addiction does not know about addiction. I cannot speak for other places but I do know that in Quebec there are specific government recognized courses to become a "therapeut...

I could accept that interpretation as an illness vs disease. Ronnie, Naughtylady

I did not see DEE direct his message directly at you... a little sensitive are we? From what I have been reading about 12 step programs it seems to me that all of those would work as a higher power for the ourposes of the program... No wear does it say that ones higher power has to be...

Check out the help wanted section here and become a driver. Ronnie, Naughtylady

Bravo Dee!!!! Now we have a new thing to debate, just between the two of us: Is this a case of great minds thinking alike or one of fools seldom differing? Ronnie, Naughtylady

Which religion? There is no concepts of after life. No description of god. monotheistic? Nothing there suggests a single god. In fact I have a friend with 15+ years clean who attends AA meetings who happens to be pagan How much further from a single deity can you get? I have a copy of...

None of these derange the vital functions of. In an addict, Drugs affect the heart, lungs, kidneys, teeth and bones, etc. all depending on to what one is addicted. Also well addiction is a disease that affects the behaviours of a person. Actually it is primarily in the behaviours. An...

I do admit to having been young and stupid at one time in my life. Also to have once owned a house a few doors down from a retired H-A. (I am older now and a little less stupid) Ronnie, Naughtylady

Which religion? From my understanding it is spiritually based not religiously. There is a difference. Religiously based implies a religious dogma where spiritually does not. I just googled the 12 steps. They talk about a god of one's own understanding. Seems spiritual rather than...

Check out DSM IV By the way define disease. This is a summary of what I found on on-line dictionaries: Lack of ease; a condition that impairs normal functioning; something that is considered very bad in people or society; any harmful, depraved, or morbid condition of the mind or society; a...

Contrary to board belief, the majority of men who pay for sexual services DO NOT rely on MERB :eek: If this were so than agencies, massage salons, etc that are regularly negatively reviewed would be forced to close their doors when a MERB boycott was demanded but these places remain open and...

YVO>>>> ...and what was you major at university? My minor is in sexuality studies (I completed my BA last year) and I have known personally a few men in the sex industry (and out) who have suffered the effects of prolonged use when not necessary. If you cannot maintain wood then you need it...

This is not what I was saying at all. Again look at alcohol. When it was illegal, during the prohibition, there was all sorts of gang violence. When the government took over the violence stopped. Prices dropped. There became regulation of the industry. OK some of those gangsters became who...

Well said. I also have lost friends and acquaintances to the disease of addiction both drugs and alcohol). The disease of addiction is deadly. Some die by overdose, or drug interactions, others by driving while intoxicated or stoned, it is easy to get hit by a car if you are high or drunk...

Yes but once physically addicted, drugs will twist your mind, morals, and values until you no longer recognize the person. There does seem to be some common characteristics among addicts. These include impulsiveness, being emotionally sensitive, thrill seeking behaviour, feelings of being...

A lovely display of your ignorance to what drug addiction is all about. Ronnie, Naughtylady

Oh it is real. Whether it is a physical need or a psychological need is yet to be proven but the dependence is real. I still do not truly understand why a guy who does not need such a drug would want to use it so badly. I understand if you are not getting hard in the first place or if your...