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Why is addiction called a "disease"? When one makes a conscious CHOICE to try something they know is addictive--how can that be called a disease?

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Graylight · 51-55, F
People choose to consume sugar, yet diabetes is a disease. People choose to more; by cancer is a disease.

Not everyone has the same tolerance or intolerance to a substance. For the millions of people who drink wine, we don't call them heroes for not becoming addicted, so why do we stigmatized the minority who find they can't tolerate it?

Call addiction what you want, but when you attach a moral judgment to a medical condition, it's a mistake.