Is “addiction” an illness?
Responsibility vs. Control with an illness. We are used to recognizing that there are medical problems we can’t control. We are responsible for treating these problems, but we are not in control of the illness. A person whose heart goes too slow or too fast must take responsibility to treat a condition they cannot control. In the brain there are parts of us we can control and parts we cannot control. We are responsible for being accountable to both.
