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Old 04-28-2009, 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by stone View Post
But I am not addicted to alcohol, never really have been but I am still an alcoholic. It is not about physical addiction it is a mental thing.

If it was only about a physical addition then as soon as people with a problem with drugs/alcohol had a few days/weeks clean they would never drink/use again...but this is not the case, they drink/use again because of their mental state not because of anything physical.
I could add that psychological dependence could very well be because of changes in brain chemistry and structure. Physical changes in the brain that is to say, hence tissue dependence maybe?
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