Question by JulieH: What if a person admits to alcohol addiction but not narcotic addiction, but is addicted to both?
He freely admits to alcoholisim but denies drug problem.
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Answer by Blue Eyes
Alcohol is technically a drug. He might have felt cornered and admitted to the lesser of 2 evils. Kinda like a plea bargain. The only way that he might admit a drug problem is if he’s assured that he’s not going to get into any trouble because of it. Meaning – if he admits it and get help for it, he won’t be going to jail. He is probably scared to admit to something like that.
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Alcohol and drugs are not treated the same. That’s why. He knows that being addicted to alcohol is pretty “normal” – and being addicted to alcohol is considered to be “okay” by the society… so he admits it. He knows he won’t get in to any trouble at all. He will get help, if somebody helps him – or, he could use the link I’m about to post in my source box below this answer. That’s the place I went to in order to stop drinking.
Narcotics is something else. People are scared of that! …and so am I. If he admits he’s addicted to narcotics, then he may get in to trouble. He’s also going to be treated as a “crackhead” by the society. I mean, alcohol is something that everybody’s drinking. Drugs on the other hand, is something else. What’s the most dangerous thing – drugs or alcohol? Well, drugs. Sure, alcohol is technically a drug – but narcotics ain’t. Narcotics ARE drugs. If he admits that he’s addicted to narcotics, then he may lose his friends, and so much more. That’s what I think.