PoastRotato@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 11 months agoIt's almost impossible to deny being an alcoholic without sounding like an alcoholicmessage-squaremessage-square133fedilinkarrow-up1416arrow-down124
arrow-up1392arrow-down1message-squareIt's almost impossible to deny being an alcoholic without sounding like an alcoholicPoastRotato@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square133fedilink
minus-squareRob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·11 months 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-up9·11 months 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.