And he needs to change his name thanks to LSU ** -- TomTurkey 05/31/2017 10:06AM
Yeah, too soon. Way too soon. -- UEMcGill 05/31/2017 09:36AM
Speaking of too soon, maybe let's hold off on diagnosing him as an addict. ** -- CPRVHokie 05/31/2017 10:57AM
I wish people would stop calling addiction a disease like cancer ** -- hokeyhokie 05/31/2017 09:48AM
Agree. -- YardBird 05/31/2017 10:42AM
Well, they only do that because it's a disease, like cancer ** -- Tommy Bowden 05/31/2017 10:09AM
"It's true you have a disease...but I think you got the best one" -- Baltimore Hokie 06/01/2017 11:20AM
My understanding of this (from extensive study and family trauma) is that -- DonHo-kieHi 05/31/2017 12:15PM
Not like cancer. For one you get to party a lot, for the other -- hokeyhokie 05/31/2017 10:12AM
Many seriously addicted alcoholics never party at all. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 05/31/2017 10:41AM
That was a joke of course but it's still not the same ** -- hokeyhokie 05/31/2017 10:44AM
Re: Not like cancer. For one you get to party a lot, for the other -- fsghokie 05/31/2017 10:25AM
I understand your trying to say that these 2 diseases are very different, -- King Jaffe Joffer 05/31/2017 10:23AM
I've known alchoholics and I've known cancer patients -- hokeyhokie 05/31/2017 10:28AM
I beleive both come in many different shapes and sizes. -- King Jaffe Joffer 05/31/2017 10:45AM
I can make value judgements based on my own life experience just like -- hokeyhokie 05/31/2017 10:53AM
Value judgments aren't the same as medical definitions. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 05/31/2017 10:56AM
Addiction and cancer are not the same and should not be compared -- hokeyhokie 05/31/2017 10:59AM
Fair enough, that works for me as well. -- PhotoHokieNC 05/31/2017 11:01AM
I guess that settles it then. ** -- vtbones 05/31/2017 10:39AM
So this is all based only people you have known? ** -- PhotoHokieNC 05/31/2017 10:39AM
People don't wake up sick and -- YardBird 05/31/2017 10:47AM
There's no simple definition, but using only personal knowledge -- PhotoHokieNC 05/31/2017 10:53AM
Re: There's no simple definition, but using only personal knowledge -- YardBird 05/31/2017 11:12AM
So, is lung cancer from smoking a disease? -- 48zip 05/31/2017 4:28PM
She went to a crappy rehab if they didn't tell her she was responsible -- Manbearpig 05/31/2017 2:51PM
I do see both sides and agree wth you that the distinction should be made, -- King Jaffe Joffer 05/31/2017 2:11PM
Touché. -- YardBird 05/31/2017 2:28PM
I'm with ya. -- King Jaffe Joffer 05/31/2017 2:32PM
Thanks. -- YardBird 05/31/2017 3:19PM
Both of my parents could also clearly have been seen as alcoholics but -- PhotoHokieNC 05/31/2017 11:44AM
Re: Both of my parents could also clearly have been seen as alcoholics but -- YardBird 05/31/2017 11:56AM
It did, but they're gone, RIP, and so's that ugly habit. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 05/31/2017 12:52PM
Since I have personal experience why wouldn't it be? ** -- hokeyhokie 05/31/2017 10:43AM
Well ... -- PhotoHokieNC 05/31/2017 10:49AM
Recent Tour earnings = BAC test results, too. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 05/31/2017 09:24AM