An issue that came up in the 4th section of A Million Little Pieces is the issue that Addiction is a disease. James Frey is a hard believer that he caused the addiction himself and that no one around him or in his life was the cause of all of his pain. In a meeting with his parents during family weekend at the rehabilitation center, the counselor that met with the Frey family, Joanne, was explaining that addiction has recently been proven to be a genetically inhereted trait that is passed down generation to generation. I knew that this was a debated fact in modern America, so I decided to look further into the issue. One fact that really stood out to me was that "In the early stages of addiction, there might be some choice involved, butmonce the addiction there is no choice" -http://www.drug-addiction-support.org/. It was interesting to browse around the website to see what they have to say and after viewing the website I am more convinced that any type of addiction truely isn't the choice of the user. To prevent people who have inhereted genes of addiction, those people should not only be fully educated on what addiction is, but also should be fully aware that people in their family have suffered addiction and they are more likely to become addicted to drugs or alcohol if they choose to begin using either. It is very important that if someone with the inhereted genes does start to become addicted to any substance or substances that help is quickly given to them.
The point that James Frey was trying to make was that a disease is something like cancer or alzheimers. A disease that no one wants and people can't choose to get. His idea was that he chose to continue with his addiction. He liked the feeling of being drunk and high so he chose to continue doing it. He wanted to continue taking drugs and that is one of the main problems that needed to resolve. It is great that he took the initiative to go to rehab and try to make his life better.
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