tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934298301663499561.post9000155390298895206..comments2023-05-07T09:56:23.909-04:00Comments on The Christian Curmudgeon: More Not Yet Than AlreadyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07146011447109951026noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934298301663499561.post-52144043896928946422013-03-24T19:26:39.014-04:002013-03-24T19:26:39.014-04:00The Christian Curmudgeon said...
One reason I do c...The Christian Curmudgeon said...<br />One reason I do choose not to use the term to which you refer is that the term to refer to those who drink to excess is of rather recent origin and is associated with a novel concept that alcohol abuse is a disease:<br /><br />The term alcoholic...<br />...meaning "one who is addicted to drinking in excess" dates in common use from 1891. This is when the first asylum for "alcoholics," Hoog-Hullen, in Eelde, Holland, was founded, with a medical superintendent named A N J Hanedoes van Almkerk. Although the first US asylum for alcoholics, the New York State Inebriate Asylum in Binghamton, opened in 1864, the word alcoholic was not yet applied to the drinker. <br /><br />"The word alcoholic and its companion word, alcoholism, were actually coined in 1848 by Magnus Huss, a Swedish scientist. Prior to that time, the condition was referred to as chronic or continual drunkenness, and the person who suffered from the condition was known as a drunkard or an inebriate."<br /><br />Also, consider this from <br />www.baldwinresearch.com/alcoholism.cfm:<br /><br />"History and science have shown us that the existence of the disease of alcoholism is pure speculation't make it true. Nevertheless, medical professionals and American culture enthusiastically embraced the disease concept and quickly applied it to every possible behavior from alcohol abuse to compulsive lecturing and nail biting. The disease concept was a panacea for many failing medical institutions and pharmaceutical companies, adding billions of dollars to the industry and leading to a prompt evolution of pop-psychology. Research has shown that alcoholism is a choice, not a disease, and stripping alcohol abusers of their choice, by applying the disease concept, is a threat to the health of the individual."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07146011447109951026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934298301663499561.post-81498498748302966332013-03-24T19:21:56.908-04:002013-03-24T19:21:56.908-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07146011447109951026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934298301663499561.post-45781223219749905592013-03-24T13:59:53.217-04:002013-03-24T13:59:53.217-04:00Bill, Thank you for posting this. Interesting. As ...Bill, Thank you for posting this. Interesting. As I was reading this... I thought... He is an alcoholic. Only to discover upon reading further.. he was a drinker. Hmm.. Good post. I must read further about his life. David GordonAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00172138797316066688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934298301663499561.post-45916910900786501122013-03-23T07:51:20.374-04:002013-03-23T07:51:20.374-04:00Thanks for calling my attention to your review. As...Thanks for calling my attention to your review. As you say, different conclusions.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07146011447109951026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934298301663499561.post-35493033233857010342013-03-23T03:24:08.681-04:002013-03-23T03:24:08.681-04:00Dear Pastor Smith: I recently reviewed this same b...Dear Pastor Smith: I recently reviewed this same book on the Baylyblog. You can find it at: <br />Lots of similar comments but a different conclusion.<br />Warmly, David WegenerUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719668425020303351noreply@blogger.com