So if addicts don’t stop their destructive behavior is it the consensus that it’s not really their fault?
No – but it is very difficult to overcome.
that they are predestined to their fates as addicts?
It’s a difficult thing to hold them
accountable for, but I wouldn’t go that far…
In many cases they could have avoided becoming addicted in
the first place (drugs, for example), so those cases can be
considered self-inflicted, if not necessarily self-perpetuated.