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> Just like it is possible to fix alcoholism by having someone remove alcohol from the house It's different because alcohol withdrawal can kill you. It can giv
by codemac 11y ago
> Just like it is possible to fix alcoholism by having someone remove alcohol from the house
It's different because alcohol withdrawal can kill you. It can give people seizures and hospitalize them for weeks. Telling someone to "remove alcohol from the house" as a cure is so left field for me it feels like you're missing the very real medical struggle long-term alcoholics go through. I'm livid but I know this should be a civil conversation.
I haven't seen someone's facebook+9gag habits tear a community, family, or person apart. Maybe that's my ignorance.
- jfim 11y agoNone of the "solutions" I mentioned are actually serious solutions and were intended to show that the parent's reasoning didn't work (ie. you're not going to cure internet addiction by unplugging the router just as removing alcohol from the house won't prevent an alcoholic from seeking and obtaining alcohol). Someone who's really addicted to something will seek the object of their addiction and think about it constantly. As you mention, there are also physical components to some addictions, such as alcohol addiction.
- codemac 11y agoWow - ok, I totally missed your point then. Thank you for your reply with explanation, much more sensible than I was interpreting.