Do you think saying “drinking alcohol is a choice” would probably make people with Alcohol use disorder feel invalidated?

[Anonymous]

[Agape93]

As an alcoholic, it IS a choice to keep drinking. Plain and simple. Reducing it to a disorder we can't help doesn't help us at all.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Alcohol use disorder? Girl, that’s alcoholism, and it’s literally part of the 12 step AA program to acknowledge that it’s a choice

[OneViewpoint]

Blaming your weakness on some made up bullshit to make yourself feel better is not helping your situation. It is your choice, your fault, and only you can save you.

[Ms_Facesitter]

I suppose so, I mean it's not going to help them stating the obvious.

[DarKnight36]

It's in our DNA to harm ourselves, even to a small degree.

[Jeff51]

They can drink if they want. Its a choice like smoking weed.

[AngryCarl3]

With all due respect, weed is less addictive than alcohol.

[AngryCarl3]

It's

[AngryCarl3]

So I was cleaning crumbs off my mousepad and it posted the above message. Now to be clear I'm not an alcoholic, so for me drinking alcohol is a choice. If you're an alcoholic it's probably not that simple.