Reply To: Is Addiction a self inflicted disease?

So if addicts don’t stop their destructive behavior is it the consensus that it’s not really their fault? that they are predestined to their fates as addicts?

I meant no disrespect to addicts in starting this thread though I am not addicted to any substances so perhaps the comparison to diabetes is inaccurate, and I am sure that being a recovering addict is very difficult and I am not looking to assign blame, but we all have trials we must overcome to be productive members of society.