Quote Originally Posted by Lewkowski View Post
An addict can choose not to continue to consume the substance they are addicted too. I'm not seeing the choice the depressed person can make that would eliminate the depression.
But it works through the same mechanisms: Your "free will" overrides the chemical neuropathways which exist in your brain.

You're massively underestimating the influence the condition of your brain has on your decisions. With your logic, the effects of alcohol should be non-existant.

Lewk, how do you explain what happens to people if they're drunk?