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Crimson Dynamo
02-11-2009, 03:42 PM
Why in 2009 is the only real help for alcoholism AA, what with their "Higher Power" thang?

seems like medical science has given up on it?
arista
02-11-2009, 04:02 PM
Why in 2009 is the only real help for alcoholism AA, what with their "Higher Power" thang?

seems like medical science has given up on it?


New Labour has given up on it so much
12 long years wasted.
And now all the money has gone.
WOMBAI
02-11-2009, 05:47 PM
Why in 2009 is the only real help for alcoholism AA, what with their "Higher Power" thang?

seems like medical science has given up on it?

As the NHS doesn't have enough money to go around - their money needs to be spent on more important things like cancer care - rather than on self-inflicted conditions like alcoholism.
WOMBAI
02-11-2009, 05:49 PM
As the NHS doesn't have enough money to go around - it needs to spend it on more deserving cases like cancer care - rather than on self-inflicted conditions like alcoholism.
Crimson Dynamo
02-11-2009, 06:10 PM
As the NHS doesn't have enough money to go around - it needs to spend it on more deserving cases like cancer care - rather than on self-inflicted conditions like alcoholism.

what about car accidents, home accidents - they are self inflicted. should we ignore them too?
setanta
02-11-2009, 07:31 PM
As the NHS doesn't have enough money to go around - it needs to spend it on more deserving cases like cancer care - rather than on self-inflicted conditions like alcoholism.

I wouldn't agree with you on that, seeing as the government places huge taxes on alcohol in the first place and it's a legal drug so they have an obligation to care for people who develop issues relating to it. It's an illness, just like any other.