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Old Aug 16, 2012, 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by DrSkipper View Post
The difference between alcoholism and bipolar disorder is that you are not born with alcoholism, and you did not choose to become bipolar disorder. I think that's one of the reasons that is so offensive. We had no choice to become bipolar. We just are.
I am uneducated on alcoholism... Is there no genetic predisposition to it? Is being a child reared by an alcoholic not predisposing to the addiction?