Our actions: "Free Will" or "Determined?"

[Tasselfoot]

Addiction is a psychological problem, it is not due to your brain chemistry, genes... there is no gene for alcoholism.

1. you say alcoholism is an addiction.... and yet in the above quote, you speak against that, saying it is not an addiction. please keep your argument on the same track

2. have you ever been addicted to something? and, i don't mean minor things like crushes on girls, caffiene, video games... things like that. i mean like alcohol, tobacco, drugs, gambling. things that are serious addictions that can ruin your life, put you in jail, or get you killed. i've been there. i don't want to talk about it in detail, because its not the time in my life that i'm most proud of. BUT... i do know what i'm talking about from a personal standpoint, but just a hypothetical one. so please, don't insult me or anyone else who has suffered from a serious addiction by trying to downplay its seriousness. if all my friends were like you... well, i'm just glad they aren't.