You'd think with all the paperwork a psych. Check would be included. And I can agree with this sentiment. I live in a state that is really tough on guns but I still feel like I spent more time getting my driving lisence than my Ltc. Meanwhile for the first time in 6 or 7 years I'm finally on insurance that actually covers mental health care specifically.
To blame violence on alcohol (and not, say, violent people) is misguided. Also, the dichotomy between "mental disorders don't lead to violence" and "alcohol abuse leads to violence" conveniently ignores the fact that alcohol abuse is a mental disorder.
It isn't a mental illness, it's a physical addiction. Also you can abuse alcohol and drugs without being addicted, it's not a case of take a drink and get magically addicted. Many of the people who get black out drunk aren't addicts, they're binge drinkers but not addicts.
Face it, if you could prove your assertions, you would have by now. So unless you'd like to submit some actual verifiable facts? No? Then you might want to stop opening your mouth on subjects you know fuck all about.
It is widely accepted that if you drink to the point of blacking out, that is alcoholism. That's just the facts.
My point here is that you are claiming that mental disorders have nothing to do with violence (never mind your demonizing of antisocial personality disorder elsewhere - so mental disorders have nothing to do with bad behavior unless it's a mental disorder you don't like?) and alcohol is the only thing that can lead to violence. Which is not true.
Nope, there's a difference between alcoholism and binge drinking. Many alcoholics do not drink until black out. Many young people drink until blackout but are not deemed alcoholics because their drinking is not out of control, negatively impacting the rest of their lives and most importantly they're not addicted to the stuff
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I am fully aware that there is a difference between alcoholism and binge drinking (but thanks for talking down to me! You're so good at that!) but drinking to the point of blacking out is alcoholism, pure and simple. Whether or not it cripples you for the rest of your life, it is a symptom of the mental disorder alcoholism. Drinking to get drunk might be an example of a behavior that an alcoholic might do that "normal" people might also, but drinking to the point of blacking out is drastically different.
But the point here is that alcoholism (all of the ways it manifests) is a mental disorder.
And I can agree with this sentiment. I live in a state that is really tough on guns but I still feel like I spent more time getting my driving lisence than my Ltc. Meanwhile for the first time in 6 or 7 years I'm finally on insurance that actually covers mental health care specifically.
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A mentally ill person is no more likely to shoot someone than any other person is. The true vector for violence is alcohol.
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Oh shut up.
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Oh and sweetie, just because a bullying community who victim blame decide to be fucking gross doesn't mean they're right.
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Face it, if you could prove your assertions, you would have by now. So unless you'd like to submit some actual verifiable facts? No? Then you might want to stop opening your mouth on subjects you know fuck all about.
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My point here is that you are claiming that mental disorders have nothing to do with violence (never mind your demonizing of antisocial personality disorder elsewhere - so mental disorders have nothing to do with bad behavior unless it's a mental disorder you don't like?) and alcohol is the only thing that can lead to violence. Which is not true.
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But the point here is that alcoholism (all of the ways it manifests) is a mental disorder.
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