Talk:Dipsomania
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An anon user pasted a long, unwikified / unedited text without comment in this version: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dipsomania&oldid=26259404
Presumably this is public domain, but would need much editing. Ianb 09:44, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
Should there not be at least some mention that dipsomaniacs only drink during certain periods and not constantly? That they usually have long sober periods as well? (What in Swedish is called a "periodare"?)
How is an "uncontrolable urge" different from an addiction? i edited the article so that it mentions that dipsomania is periodic, and not a lifestyle like alcoholism ~nayt1
Indeed. Dipsomania is an unavoidably Romantic term, which (perhaps unfairly) separates it from true alcoholism. One finds it difficult to imagine a dipsomniac waking up every morning with the DTs. If, indeed, there is such a thing as true authentic dipsomania, it must exist independently of alcoholism as a disorder which is less dictated by a chemical addiction to the hydrocarbon alcohol, and which is characterised by a platonic regard for alcohol as an elevator of mood. Perhaps, for arguments sake, the dipsomniac should be compared with the Opium-Eater, rather than the binge-drinker. Dipsomniacs "choose" to indulge sporadically, despite their actual physical addiction. Call it "controlled addiction", if you like. It may be an uncontrollable urge, but it is not ongoing, and so it seems to me it must have a psychological component which trumps the base chemical addiction. Wow. This is a long subscript to a little-read article of dubious interest on an otherwise popular website... Cravenmonket 02:07, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
