Originally Posted by
DriGuy 
There is often a free will debate going on somewhere on the net. I think it's interesting, but I believe it cannot be resolved. It's mostly a philosophical debate with no real evidence from either side, and no way to test whether or not it exists. Why this debate can get heated is a mystery to me.
Dr McAuley calls addiction a 'disease of choice'. Not that we choose it, but that addiction affects our ability to make choice.
I think neuroscience is making leaps and bounds in answering the free will question, by studying how the brain 'fires'. When I was drinking I didn't have free choice apart from one, and that one was often against my 'choice' - it was NOT TO DRINK AT ALL. As soon as I drink then that choice is taken away from me, physically, but he way receptors in my brain fire.
Im still responsible for my actions, of course. Because I don't have to drink, especially knowing what will happen if I did. I'm responsible but not in control