When Choice Becomes Addiction: Disease, behavior, money, and the meaning of recovery

by Steve Eisenhauer

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When Choice Becomes Addiction Disease, Behavior, Money, and the Meaning of Recovery Why is addiction called a disease? What does that label explain—and what might it leave out? Alcohol and drug use disorders are treated as medical conditions. Gambling is also classified as an addictive disorder, while other repeated behaviors receive different diagnoses or none at all. Steve Eisenhauer examines those distinctions and asks what they reveal about choice, habit, brain adaptation, responsibility, and recovery. The book also follows the money. Drawing on the history of alcoholism treatment and insurance coverage, it explores how diagnosis can open access to care, create billable services, and shape the treatment system. It considers where financial interests influenced that system while distinguishing documented evidence from claims that remain unproven. Written from a Christian perspective, When Choice Becomes Addiction brings Scripture into the conversation about truth, grace, accountability, and restoration. It argues for taking harmful choices seriously without reducing people to their worst decisions—and for recognizing medical care where it helps. For readers, families, church leaders, and recovery groups, this book offers questions to examine together, a framework for discussing competing explanations, and practical guides for conversation and recovery planning.

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