Wow... strong views and I understand. But Genetic... I see extremist thinking, ending your friendship with Blue Mountains? Apologizing to the Addiction Forum for a BP Forum topic? I just don't see the connection. Why alert the Addiction Forum to a topic in the BP forum that might be really triggering for them?

I have strong views on alcoholism. My ex chose alcohol over me and our son, many times. While I was out of town last week, he checked himself in to the BHU to try to quit. They discharged him next morning. Somehow with nurses all around, he had a seizure, broke his head open, 12 stitches, black and blue face and body. Many years ago he had a seizure trying to quit when our baby was 3 Weeks old, he dropped my son on the floor, we are lucky baby was ok. Many other times I've watched him seize from alcohol withdrawal. Anyway there are so many different types or levels of alcoholism, it's very complicated.

I found something so contradictory at a family class I attended while my older son recently was in rehab. The teacher at this class loved his coffee, he'd quit everything else, even cigarettes. He passed out Brain Spect Images by Dr. Amen to the class, I'm very familiar to Dr. Amen's work, as he's an adhd specialist. The last picture on the handout was of the damage caffeine on the brain. Teacher ignored that one, when I brought it up, he dismissed me and said laughing, "Nope coffee's good, everything else is bad". Then he took a big sip of his coffee. Idk, I suppose my point is that things are very complicated, and I recommend we accept them as such.