Choice is an interesting topic when it comes to the addict/alcoholic. As the disease progresses their ability to choose diminishes. A desire to drink, for example, turns into the need to drink.
The enjoyment of a cocaine high turns into intense cravings that drive the person to make choices he otherwise would not make just to get the drug. Even years after treatment, the coke addict still craves the drug. He has choice, but it’s difficult.