PoastRotato@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agoIt's almost impossible to deny being an alcoholic without sounding like an alcoholicmessage-squaremessage-square125fedilinkarrow-up1391arrow-down120
arrow-up1371arrow-down1message-squareIt's almost impossible to deny being an alcoholic without sounding like an alcoholicPoastRotato@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square125fedilink
minus-squareRob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoSeriously! The new model and terminology have been around for a decade or so! Why aren’t more people aware of them yet? throws hands up in frustration But, having said that, now deny that you have an alcohol use disorder without sounding like you have an alcohol use disorder😏
minus-squareJJROKCZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoBecause the new terms been around a decade and we’ve used alcoholism as the term for a century or more, it will take time even if people prefer the new terms.
Seriously! The new model and terminology have been around for a decade or so! Why aren’t more people aware of them yet? throws hands up in frustration
But, having said that, now deny that you have an alcohol use disorder without sounding like you have an alcohol use disorder😏
Because the new terms been around a decade and we’ve used alcoholism as the term for a century or more, it will take time even if people prefer the new terms.