Upsetnneedhelp

Upon re-reading this thread I have to wonder? Do people make cancer jokes? How can people accept addiction is a disease when there are jokes regarding it?

AnvilheadII

they aren't making fun at addiction, they are making fun of themselves...

DoneDying

Honestly, kicking the boat habit was nearly as difficult as kicking the alcohol. I'm happy to not be living with either of those expensive addictions!

Upsetnneedhelp

Not the way most people would take it. Addiction is as serious as cancer. Anyone who would laugh at it doesn't take it at serious. Of course, addiction takes just as much lives.

DG0409

I think sometimes humor is a good way to deal with a situation. Sometimes it's laugh or cry and it's just better to laugh. I take addiction very seriously as I've been addicted to more than one thing. But that doesn't mean I won't laugh about it, too. There's threads in the Alcoholism section here like "You might be a recovering alcoholic if.." and "You might be an alcoholic if..." and while many of the entries are serious, many of them are also funny. Or there was a thread I read about places people peed when they were drunk, which also had me cracking up laughing. That doesn't mean I don't realize how awful and serious it is for the people that have experienced their drunk partners wetting the bed.

Lulu39

Yes they do. Some people with cancer make cancer jokes!

Lulu39

There are many threads on this board where we laugh at addiction.

ResignedToWait

When some people make light (jokes) about a subject, it can be a way of coping, dealing with, or being able to talk about it. It can be overwhelming to be so serious about serious topics all the time.

Try not to take offense, unless they are blatant in their callousness, jokes about bad things (cancer, addiction) are simply some of us trying smile about the things we have no control over in life.