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Debate

Cure addiction the Mao Tse-tung way

When he threatened to kill opium smokers, they gave up. What does that tell you?

30 November 2013

9:00 AM

30 November 2013

9:00 AM

Yes

Trinny Woodall

I’m Trinny, I’m an alcoholic and I’m an addict. When asked whether addiction is a disease, I didn’t have to think twice. Knowing that I have a disease is how I manage to have a healthy life today. All I can tell you about addiction is my experience. I grew up in a very normal home.

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These articles are based on speeches from the Spectator debate ‘Addiction Is Not a Disease’, in association with Brewin Dolphin.

Theodore Dalrymple’s books include Spoilt Rotten, Life at the Bottom and Anything Goes.

Trinny Woodall is a fashion designer, writer and television presenter.

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