The term "hopeless" gets thrown around quite a bit with the family, friends, and colleagues of alcoholics. They see the repeated trips to addictions treatment centers, they hear the multiple promises to stop getting drunk, and they also see all the failures that come after these attempts at recovery. If this is what makes someone struggling with alcoholism 'hopeless', the vast majority of alcoholics would be considered hopeless because so many relapse. However, you could also apply this term to people who have battle cancer multiple times, who struggle with diabetes, or who have auditory hallucinations that they may not always successfully ignore or recognize as originating outside of reality.
Why do we use this language with people struggling with the disease of addiction?
Kent of Spiritual River wrote about this topic. Click the link below to read and comment.
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