I hate when people say it's a choice.
I always hated that too when I was in the throes of addiction. It said to me, "You are responsible for making choices in your life. You need to roll up your sleeves and do the hardest thing in your life, for yourself, and for your loved ones to whom you have a moral responsibility. No one can do it for you."
That p*ssed me off to no end because I didn't want to. I actually believed I couldn't.
But much of the anger about others saying I had a choice actually came from a place way deep down inside me...that place in my gut that knew they were right.