The problem is people in today's society are always looking for a way to blame something other than themselves for their lack of personal responsibility. As a Doctor, I would probably tell them it's all in their head. Since people are so insistent that the problem isn't something they can control, oftentimes doctors simply give them placebo treatments, which will probably work because the patient thinks it's working.
I don't think as a doctor I could lie to someone as an excuse to charge them extra for a treatment that cures and fixes nothing. In doing so, I believe it encourages this behavior to continue, causing people to forgo personal responsibility in favor of getting a medication that fixes the problem.
I know at one point I was "addicted" to WoW. I didn't pay attention to my schoolwork as much, and so my grades slipped. I quit WoW 7 months ago because of it, and my grades improved (I haven't had withdrawals or the urge to play again). Who's fault is it that I let my grades slip? Mine, and mine alone. I learned my lesson. Some people want to blame an illness or even the game itself for their "addiction", and when they do that, they don't learn anything, and nothing is improved. The same scenario will happen again, and every time, the individual is the victim.
Look at the use of Ritalin on children nowadays, obviously the child can't sit still in class and listen to a boring lecture because he'd rather be out playing. Something must be wrong with him, let's make sure to medicate him up with a real substance in order to cure an imaginary illness.
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The problem is people in today's society are always looking for a way to blame something other than themselves for their lack of personal responsibility. As a Doctor, I would probably tell them it's all in their head. Since people are so insistent that the problem isn't something they can control, oftentimes doctors simply give them placebo treatments, which will probably work because the patient thinks it's working. I don't think as a doctor I could lie to someone as an excuse to charge them extra for a treatment that cures and fixes nothing. In doing so, I believe it encourages this behavior to continue, causing people to forgo personal responsibility in favor of getting a medication that fixes the problem. I know at one point I was "addicted" to WoW. I didn't pay attention to my schoolwork as much, and so my grades slipped. I quit WoW 7 months ago because of it, and my grades improved (I haven't had withdrawals or the urge to play again). Who's fault is it that I let my grades slip? Mine, and mine alone. I learned my lesson. Some people want to blame an illness or even the game itself for their "addiction", and when they do that, they don't learn anything, and nothing is improved. The same scenario will happen again, and every time, the individual is the victim. Look at the use of Ritalin on children nowadays, obviously the child can't sit still in class and listen to a boring lecture because he'd rather be out playing. Something must be wrong with him, let's make sure to medicate him up with a real substance in order to cure an imaginary illness.